A decades-old cosmic mystery may finally be solved. Scientists now suspect that the strange X-ray glow from a distant white ...

For over 40 years, astronomers have been puzzled by strange X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf. Now, they may ...

Since the 1980s, a strange X-ray emission has puzzled astronomers. At the heart of the Helix Nebula, a dying star may have ...

Hubble’s infrared imaging of Sh2-284 unveils stars hidden within dense gas and dust, offering insights into star formation.

Examples of those are the Andromeda Galaxy, Markarian's Chain, and the Veil and California Nebulae. Others, such as ...

Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.

A not-so-distant white dwarf named WD 2226-210 has been on our radar since the 1980s for releasing X-rays, now we may know ...

Since they were first detected over four decades ago, unusually powerful x-ray emissions originating from the site of a dying ...

Discovered in the 18th century, the Helix Nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs to a class of objects called planetary nebulae. Check out these 7 ...

A decades-old astronomical mystery has finally been solved—an enigmatic X-ray signal emanating from deep space turns out to ...

The star V830 Orionis shines on the cloud of material left over from its formation, here seen as the NGC 1999 reflection nebula. The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks ...