Planetary Nebula Sulfur Mystery Finally Solved

Medicine & Technology Feb 15, 2024

The planetary nebula reportedly had no sulfur, but a new data set showed the element wasn't missing at all. Continue reading to learn more.

How Will the Sun Die? Scientists Make Predictions on the Solar System's Final Days

Oct 18, 2023

The Sun could reach its end as a planetary nebula. Read to learn more.

Low-Mass Star Life Stages: What Is A Planetary Nebula?

Oct 16, 2023

The planetary nebula phase of stellar life is unique to low-mass stars. Read to learn more.

Sun After Its Death: Scientists Predict How, When It’s Going to Happen; What Will the Solar System Look Like Then?

Sep 05, 2021

A study in 2018, used computer modeling to determine that, like most of the stars, the Sun is most possible to shrink down from being a red giant to become a white dwarf, and then, as a planetary nebula.

Newly Discovered White Dwarf is More Massive Than the Sun

Jul 01, 2021

Astronomers discovered a newly formed dwarf star that has more mass than the sun with the same size as the moon.

NASA's Hubble Releases New Image of the Stunning "Necklace Nebula"

May 03, 2021

The Hubble Space Telescope released a new image of the "Necklace Nebula," described by the European Space Agency (ESA) as "a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions."

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Detect Chaotic Heart of Orion Nebula

Jan 20, 2021

Stars and gas clash intensely from the Cosmos found by Hubble Space Telescope; NASA shared "chaos" at the center of a distant nebula.

Astronomers Share Snapshot of Beautiful Planetary Nebula

Mar 02, 2020

Using the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have taken a photo of a plenary nebula called the CVMP 1. The snapshot was taken during the Cerro Pachon summit in Chile. The said plenary nebula is located in Circinus' southern constellation some 6,500 lightyears away.