Planetary nebulae (PNe) are fascinating astronomical objects that represent a late stage in the evolution of low- to intermediate-mass stars. They are formed when these stars expel their outer ...
The alignment of planetary nebulae was discovered ten years ago by a Manchester PhD student, Bryan Rees, but has remained unexplained. Planetary nebulae are clouds of gas that are expelled by stars at ...
The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The beautiful image was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telesocop. The Eskimo Nebula, also known as the ...
A planetary nebula in Sagittarius, 3000 light-years away, features waves 100 billion kilometres high, caused by supersonic shocks from a hot star's stellar winds. Hubble's image of the Carina Nebula ...
Scientists agree the sun will die in approximately five billion years, but they weren’t sure what would happen next…until now. A planetary nebula marks the end of 90% of all stars active lives and ...
Skip to content viewer section. ABSTRACT A high‐dispersion optical (3700–10100 Å) spectrum was secured with the Hamilton echelle spectrograph at the coudé focus of the 120 inch (3 m) Shane telescope ...
Here are five spectacular images of nebulae The mesmerising sight of the planetary nebula has been formed from the inputs of NASA Hubble space telescope. The medium size planetary nebula is the ...
Since then, thousands more have been identified and described in surveys like the Abell Catalog of Planetary Nebulae and the Messier catalogue. Nebulae are mostly found within galaxies ...