The Helix Nebula is a so-called ... in the X-ray signal every 2.9 hours, providing evidence for the remains of a planet exceptionally close to the white dwarf. The authors also considered whether ...

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

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, located 650 light-years from Earth, is home to a white dwarf, the remnant of a star similar to the ... showing a constant emission with a slight variation every 2.9 hours, suggesting ...

as the death knell from a planet that was destroyed by the white dwarf in the Helix Nebula,” said lead author Sandino Estrada-Dorado of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

"We think this X-ray signal could be from planetary debris pulled onto the white dwarf, as the death knell from a planet that was destroyed by the white dwarf in the Helix Nebula." An artist's ...

One of them is that of a mysterious X-ray signal coming from the Helix Nebula ... up strange readings from the nebula's center, more specifically from a white dwarf located there.

They detected highly energetic X-rays coming from the white dwarf at the center of the Helix Nebula named WD 2226-210 ... regular change in the X-ray signal every 2.9 hours, providing evidence ...

Unistellar's eVscope 2 ($4,899) and eQuinox 2 ($2,499 ... Others, such as Caroline's Rose, Helix Nebula, and Triangulum Galaxy, are near-perfect fits. The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) is the third ...