Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

Scientists have been receiving X-ray signals from the Helix Nebula for decades, but now they believe it may hide a horrifying ...

The JWST's mid-infrared observations support this hypothesis ... Other ring-shaped planetary nebulas, such as the Helix ...

This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye.

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The old star might have destroyed a nearby planet. Dating back to 1980, X ...

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

The Helix Nebula is an eye-catching sight in the sky – and not just because it looks like a giant eye. Located about 655 light-years from Earth, it’s the site of a slow-motion explosion ...

Meixner)/NRAO (T.A. Rector; Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/K. Arcand The Helix Nebula is said to exhibit some X-ray behavior that is similar to that of two other ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed enigmatic rings in the planetary nebula NGC 1514, visible in the mid-infrared band. Results of the new observations ...

Meixner)/NRAO (T.A. Rector); Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J ... have picked up an unusual reading from the center of the Helix Nebula. They detected highly energetic X-rays coming from the white dwarf ...