The 8.1-meter Gemini North telescope, located on the summit of Maunakea in Hawai'i, has captured NGC 1514, nicknamed the ...

A dying star has never looked so lovely ...

Planetary nebulae offer snapshots of stellar change. They show what can happen when stars like our sun eventually exhaust ...

This week's images journeyed from the shimmering Crystal Ball Nebula to the icy south pole of Mars, highlighting beauty and ...

The Gemini North Telescope captured a dying star inside the "Crystal Ball" Nebula. The nebula, known as NGC 1514, is about ...

Planetary nebulae like the Crystal Ball Nebula (NGC 1514) are sort of like stellar obituaries. Though crystal balls supposedly reveal the future, the Crystal Ball Nebula tells us more about the past.

A new telescope image of the Crystal Ball Nebula reveals a haunting view of a dying star system whose light began traveling ...

Astronomers have captured a striking new image of a dying star system resembling a milky white crystal ball. The image, ...