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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

X-ray missions have picked up an unusual reading from the center of the Helix Nebula. Using today's most powerful X-ray missions, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's (European Space Agency ...

sculpting the nebula. A huge bipolar outflow of gas and dust, grown from the tumultuous birth of a double-star system, has formed a cosmic hourglass — and the James Webb Space Telescope imaged ...

Space scientists say they have located a planet ... X-ray missions have picked up an unusual reading from the center of the Helix Nebula. Using today’s most powerful X-ray missions they now ...