IC 418, designated the Spirograph Nebula, is characterized by double shells of gas hosting irregular clumps distributed along various ellipses, located approximately 2,500 light-years away and ...

Space is bejeweled with the stunning IC 418, a planetary nebula with purple and orange coloring enveloping a bright white core. The nebula lies close to 2,000 light-years from Earth on the way to the ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly observed the rapid transformation of a dying star over 130 years. The 'spirograph' Planetary Nebula IC418's green light has intensified 2.5 times since ...

Spirograph Nebula: Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC 418 lies about 2,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Lepus. Hourglass Nebula: MyCn18 is a ...

The Red Spider Nebula: Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula some 3000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. The Spirograph Nebula: Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the ...

Launched into space 30 years ago today on the back of the space shuttle Discovery, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has created a niche for itself inside the hearts and minds of all lovers of science, ...

For the first time, the famous “spirograph” Planetary Nebula IC418’s non-explosive stellar evolution has been captured over an unprecedented period of 130 years—almost double the length of a typical ...

If you have been following the different Twitter accounts that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) handles, then you might have noticed that some of them have been doing ...

hen we look up at the night sky, it often feels timeless and unchanging, similar to a vast canvas dotted with stars that seem eternal. But the universe is not still, and stars live dynamic lives, ever ...

For the first time, scientists have directly tracked the slow transformation of a dying star over more than a century - revealing it is heating up faster than any other typical star ever observed. By ...

Breathtaking NASA images of the most beautiful nebulae ...