An international team of astronomers has employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a complex planetary nebula known as NGC 6302. The observations, detailed in a paper published Feb. 25 ...

To understand how long a planetary nebula remains visible, we first need to understand why a planetary nebula is visible at all. When a solar-type star (one with a mass of 0.8 to eight times that of ...

Astronomers suspect there is at least one other star interacting with the material cast off by the central dying star in NGC 6072, creating the abnormal appearance of this planetary nebula. Credit: ...

The Snail nebula resembles a glowing eye with a bright shell around the center. The horse's Head looks different: its ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new image captured by NOIRLab shows a planetary nebula nicknamed the Crystal Ball Nebula ...

Do we need a rethink on how planetary nebulae evolve? A planetary nebula is the cast-off outer layer of a dying star, appearing as glowing shells of gas and dust around a hot stellar core. IC 418 is ...

Head out after moonset this evening to chase down planetary nebula NGC 3242 in Hydra. Popularly called the Ghost of Jupiter, this ball of softly glowing gas appears roughly as large on the sky as the ...

Using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) and the Manchester Echelle Spectrograph (MES), astronomers from Turkey and Mexico have investigated a planetary nebula discovered two centuries ago, ...

The Hubble community bids farewell to the soon-to-be decommissioned Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 onboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In tribute to Hubble’s longest-running optical camera, ...

How long do planetary nebulae last on average? What are some of the controlling factors? Doug Kaupa Council Bluffs, Iowa To understand how long a planetary nebula remains visible, we first need to ...