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-ray ...

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 to ...

Observations with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured an X-ray outburst from a young star, revealing a probable scenario for the intermittent brightening of the recently discovered McNeil’s ...

This gallery shows four planetary nebulas from the first systematic survey of such objects in the solar neighborhood made with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The planetary nebulas shown here are ...

Astronomers are rethinking what looks like the Milky Way’s quieter neighborhood, as new analysis of nearby gas clouds points to a more intense kind of star birth than the Gum Nebula’s faint glow ...

The MSH 15-52 nebula has been captured by the Australia Telescope Compact Array and Chandra’s X-ray Telescope in this ...

New movies of two of the most famous objects in the sky—the Crab Nebula and Cassiopeia A—are being released from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Each includes X-ray data collected by Chandra over ...

LOS ANGELES -- A glowing supernova remnant, a nebula shaped like a cat's paw and the iconic "Pillars of Creation" are just a few of the celestial objects that shine in 25 never-before-seen images ...

A searchlight shines through concentric circles of fresh stardust ejected by a dying star in this beautiful new image of the Egg Nebula. The dramatic scene, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, ...

NASA's new project provides unique 3D "experiences" on Instagram, using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes to offer augmented reality (AR) simulations. It enables users to ...

A glowing nebula located approximately 2,700 light-years from Earth resembles a guitar with a bright pulsar at the tip of the headstock, earning the nickname "flame-throwing guitar." When you purchase ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./M. de Vries et al.; Optical: (Hubble) NASA/ESA/STScI and ...