A new image released by NASA shows what could be a captivating — and terrifying — event roughly 650 light-years away: a dying white dwarf that may have taken a planet out with it. The observation was ...

NASA has unveiled a newly reprocessed image from theHubble Space Telescope that offers a stunning look at a ...

Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514, also known as the crystal ball nebula, came into complete ...

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

In anticipation of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is continuing the celebrations with a new view of the Eagle Nebula. This vast stellar nursery ...

A new view of the Helix Nebula reveals a dying white dwarf star at the nebula's center. This star's violent eating habits could be responsible for strange X-ray emissions in the region.

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.

Since the 1980s, a strange X-ray emission has puzzled astronomers. At the heart of the Helix Nebula, a dying star may have destroyed a neighboring planet, revealing a rare and spectacular phenomenon.