Explore 21 of the most remarkable images taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, showcasing the beauty and vastness of ...

For the first time in history, we can explore the universe through a rich blend of senses—seeing, touching, and hearing ...

Artist’s impression of a binary neutron star merger, emitting gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation. Detection and analysis of these signals can provide profound insights into the ...

The Helix Nebula is a type of planetary nebula. While it appears like a bubble or an eye when viewed from Earth, it's actually a tunnel of glowing gases stretching trillions of miles. At its heart ...

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.

A SEARCH for X-ray emission from galactic objects on April 29, 1963, disclosed two localized sources, one of which appeared in Scorpius and the other in the direction of the Crab Nebula.

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In April 2020 SIA North Star, a Latvian shipping company, and its owner, Peteris Pildegovics, filed a case against the Kingdom of Norway saying that the country breached its obligations under a 1992 ...

shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula's center; this star may have destroyed a planet. This has never been seen before—and could explain a mysterious ... Sagittarius C is one ...