The Helix Nebula, located 650 light-years from Earth, has baffled scientists for decades. The planetary nebula was created by a dying star that shed its outer layers of gas, leaving behind a small ...

An unusual x-ray signal from the Helix Nebula, first detected in 19180, could stem from a star destroying a nearby planet.

The Helix Nebula, for example, resembles a doughnut in colorful images. Earlier images of this complex object — the gaseous envelope ejected by a dying, sun-like star — did not allow ...

The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, lies about 700 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius (the Water Bearer). It is one of the closest and most spectacular examples of a planetary nebula.

A nearby planetary nebula shines like a huge golden eye in a new photo snapped by a telescope in Chile. The image shows the Helix Nebula, which lies about 700 light-years from Earth in the ...

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The Helix nebula: Bigger in death than life (Phys.org)—A dying star is refusing to go quietly into the night, as seen in this combined infrared and ultraviolet view from NASA's Spitzer Space ...

The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) lies about 700 light-yearsaway in the constellation of Aquarius, or the Water Bearer. It is one of theclosest and most spectacular examples of a planetary nebula.

This evil eye nebula, also known as the Helix Nebula, is watching you. We think it should be the home of a future Star Wars or Marvel villain.

One of the nearest and brightest planetary nebulae has a surprisingly complex 3-D structureIn a process comparable to that of an artist who turns a two-dimensional canvas into a three-dimensional ...