Even for astronomers who have gazed upon the same cosmic object over their whole career, new portraits of these celestial bodies from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have the power to delight ...

A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a dying sunlike star is enriching the galaxy with the elements needed for life.

Travel about 2,500 light-year away in the constellation Vela to see James Webb Space Telescope stunning view of NGC 3132, the ...

Out in the cosmic landscape, planetary nebulas would offer the perfect Halloween doors to knock on. They're spooky tricksters in their names, as they have nothing to do with planets at all and are ...

Earlier telescopes, including Hubble, revealed the Helix as a serene, eye-shaped glow. Webb presents a more intimate view, ...

The Helix Nebula has long been a favorite target for backyard telescopes, a pale blue eye staring out from the constellation Aquarius. Now the James Webb Space Telescope has turned that familiar ...

This new James Webb Space Telescope image features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537–the Red Spider Nebula. Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), JWST has revealed never-before-seen details in ...

The universe is full of spectacular sights, from aurora on Earth and Jupiter to the solar flares that cause them, to distant ...

Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured unprecedented details on the Red Spider Nebula. For the first time, the new view reveals the nebula's ...

It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Previous Spitzer studies have indicated the formation of complex molecules in the Helix Nebula.