It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before.

A new image of the Helix Nebula taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) shows an unprecedented level of detail within the planetary nebula, telling us more about its ...

See, for example, JWST’s latest images of the iconic Helix Nebula, also known as the “Eye of God,” a stellar grave site some ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed into the Helix Nebula to give an up-close view of the possible eventual fate of ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured detailed images of gas and dust shaped by a dying star in the Helix Nebula, ...

First spotted in the early 1800s, the celestial object has become one of the most iconic planetary nebulae in the sky, often ...

NASA spots a rare, glowing gourd-like structure racing at one million mph—then watches it transform in the blink of an eye ...

What we're seeing in the nebula is, in a sense, a moment of death that lays the groundwork for a new birth. The dying star ...

A closer look at the Helix Nebula reveals how dying stars shed material, shape space, and hint at the distant future of our own Sun.

A new Webb image captures a zoomed-in view of the iconic nebula, also known as the Eye of Sauron or Eye of God for its ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new, detailed view of the Helix Nebula, a structure of gas created by a ...