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.

All good things must come to an end, and that is even true for planets. Recent research has uncovered what appears to be the grizzly death of an exoplanet in the nearby Helix Nebula, which seems ...

Using NASA's Chandra observatory and Europe's XMM-Newton spacecraft, astronomers may have solved a 45-year-old cold case. The ...

This week’s small-telescope target is the Golden Earring, otherwise known as open cluster NGC 2547 in the southern constellation Vela the Sails. Oh, my! Here’s a gorgeous object that ...

Astronomers may have solved a enigma involving a mysterious X-ray signal from a dying star that's been puzzling scientists since 1980. New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory telescope and ...

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The old star might have destroyed a nearby planet. Dating back to 1980, X ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed enigmatic rings in the planetary nebula NGC 1514, visible in the mid-infrared band. Results of the new observations ...

"We might have finally found the cause of a mystery that’s lasted over 40 years." Using NASA's Chandra observatory and Europe's XMM-Newton spacecraft, astronomers may have solved a 45-year-old ...