In the Helix Nebula, the star ejects hot gas into space, and that gas cools and falls ... brown dwarfs (or "failed stars"), former stars and planets. If the white dwarf at the center did eat ...

Now, data from two X-ray telescopes, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space ... first case of a planet seen to be destroyed by the central star in a planetary nebula." ...

The decades-long mystery of a never-ending explosion of X-rays around the remains of a dead star ... of the nebula taken by NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory in 1999 and the European Space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed a star engulfing a ... A so-called "planetary nebula" — a confusing misnomer because stars cause them, not planets — is a phenomenon made from ...

The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, ...

We may now know where they’re coming from – the death throes of a planet being torn to shreds and raining down on the star. The Helix Nebula is an eye-catching sight in the sky – and not ...

NGC 7635, also called the Bubble Nebula, is an emission nebula lit from within by the hot, young star SAO 20575.

Webb’s powerful instruments have detected crystalline water ice in a distant star system, offering rare insight into planet ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image of the Tarantula Nebula's outskirts shows colorful stars, billowing gas clouds, and thick ...

A team of astronomers discovered that planet-forming materials can survive and persist even in some of the most extreme ...