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), ...

Color-composite picture (left) and narrow band images (right) of IPHASX J191104.8+060845 obtained with the Nordic Optical Telescope. Credit: Rodríguez-González et al., 2020.

Scientists have studied a planetary nebula in Messier 37, as though it were a cosmic crime scene, to determine how the dead star at its heart lived and died. The James Webb Space Telescope strikes ...

Here’s how it works. A soccer-ball-shaped planetary nebula discovered by an amateur astronomer may help scientists better understand these odd structures, which are created by the last gasps of ...

Located around 5,000 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus (the Swan), Abell 78 is an unusual type of planetary nebula ... with a mass of around 0.8 to eight times the mass of our ...

Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514, also known as the crystal ball nebula, came into complete focus thanks to what NASA said is mid-infrared data from its James Webb ...

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

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 ...

Spirograph Nebula: Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC 418 lies about 2,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Lepus. Hourglass Nebula ...