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 ...

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 ...

Kohoutek 4-55 is a dazzling planetary nebula captured in vivid color by the Hubble Space Telescope. Formed by the dramatic ...

It was formed when a star in death released gas and is also known as Caldwell 63. The gas now measures about three light-years in width, creating a ring of color. The white dwarf, its small but ...

At the heart of the Helix Nebula, a dying star may have destroyed a neighboring planet ... a teaspoon of white dwarf material would weigh several tons on Earth. Despite its small size, comparable to ...

Scientists now believe two extinctions—one 372 million years ago and another 445 million years ago—may have started with dying stars light-years away. Supernovas and Ice Ages A new study ...