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

Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now ...

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

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

The X-ray signal from WD 2226-210 is similar to the X-ray emissions of two other white dwarfs that do not sit within cocoons ...

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 ...

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

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that's lasted over 40 years," said researcher Sandino Estrada-Dorado.

Space scientists say they have located a planet killer capable ... Dating back to 1980, X-ray missions have picked up an unusual reading from the center of the Helix Nebula. Using today’s most ...

Discovered in the 18th century, the Helix Nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs ...

Weiss via SWNS) By Dean Murray Space scientists say they have located ... The white dwarf (center) - named WD 2226-210 - and the Helix Nebula. (ESA/D. Ducros via SWNS) Dating back to 1980, X ...