The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright ...

Recent research has uncovered what appears to be the grizzly death of an exoplanet in the nearby Helix ... At the center of the nebula is the culprit of this mystery: the small, dim remaining core of ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine the complex and turbulent ...

Planetary nebula NGC 1514, a celestial display of a dying star's final act, has been brought into stunning clarity by JWST ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows thousands of glittering galaxies that it spied by peering through ...

An artist’s concept of the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star,” previously nicknamed the “Death Star.” An artist’s concept of the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel star ...

This small planetary nebula, like others like it, was formed by gases in the outer layers of a dying star. The nebula we see today is a shell of dust and gas that was ejected from a star as it ...

The James Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) has proven to be essential in decoding the full complexity of NGC 1514. Capable of capturing thermal emissions from small dust grains heated by ...