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Scientists say the findings at the core of the Butterfly Nebula, unknown since the discovery of the whole phenomena in the ...

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In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out in the evening and point a telescope at one of the sky's finest planetary nebulae. This one's number 27 on ...

Some 3,000 light years away, shimmering layers of gas formed an almost perfect sphere around the faintly glowing, burned-out core of a dead star. The result looks like a giant crystal ball floating in ...

In the brightest region within the nebula, some observers see the bird’s head, while others see a chicken’s butt. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 21, 2023 2:45 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

Submillimeter wavelength radio observations of the Southern Ring Nebula have identified that it's actually a double ring, shaped by the interactions of three stars. When you purchase through links on ...