The Stingray Nebula: It is the youngest known planetary nebula, formed by a star rapidly turning into a white dwarf. During the process, it releases gas and dust into space. The Crab Nebula ...

The nebula, dubbed Pa 30, appears in the same sky direction now as a bright "guest star" did in the year 1181. Although Pa 30's filaments look similar to that created by a nova (for example GK Per), ...

However, the term nebula still refers to a cloud, specifically of interstellar dust and gas. The leftovers of a star that went supernova are called planetary nebula. Why? Their blue-green look is ...

Stars like the sun end their lives as highly compact white dwarfs, but as they shrink down into this phase they release clouds of gas which form a so-called "planetary nebula". This is a rather ...

The object below is a planetary nebula in the small northern constellation Sagitta the Arrow. Cataloged as either IPHASX J194359.5+170901 or PN G054.2–03.4, it’s a lot easier to refer to it by ...

Originally thought to be a supernova remnant for more than a decade after its discovery, this object is now known to be a planetary nebula ... to spot through an 8-inch telescope unless sky ...

NGC 1514 (also known as Crystal Ball Nebula) is a large and complex elliptical planetary nebula at a distance of about 1,500 ...

The snapshots show the planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra in unprecedented detail. In addition to the main ring, halo and the interior filled with hot gas, the star that ejected the ...

The image was taken from Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope revealing never before seen details of the Southern Ring planetary nebula. In July 2022, The James Webb Space Telescope took an image ...

Ionized atoms ejected from a dying star form the bright swirling clouds of this planetary nebula. Named Kohoutek 4-55, the nebula was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Planetary nebulae like ...