Webb’s latest image of the Helix Nebula reveals a dramatic close-up of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The detailed ...
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Dying star lights up the Helix Nebula
In the Helix Nebula, a star much like our own is dying. Its death, though, creates a spectacle for us to appreciate now we have the James Webb Space Telescope to observe it. Knots of bright gas, ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the clearest infrared observation of the Helix Nebula ever, displaying the death ...
First spotted in the early 1800s, the celestial object has become one of the most iconic planetary nebulae in the sky, often ...
The Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57, sits about 2,000 light-years from Earth. It is a planetary nebula—a misleading ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of our own sun and planetary system. In Webb's high-resolution look, the ...
Learn how mapping the Ring Nebula’s light revealed a massive iron bar hidden for decades.
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