A huge bar of iron has been discovered lurking inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The structure is enormous, spanning hundreds of ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

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

Using the new LIFU technology on the William Herschel Telescope, researchers have detected a massive iron cloud.

A newly spotted feature inside a dying star’s remains is unsettling scientists, not because it is dramatic, but because it ...

A strange strip of metal-rich gas in deep space is giving astronomers an unsettling glimpse of how worlds like ours might die ...

Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the ...

In the bigger picture, “down” could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

Scientists warn a strange iron bar in a distant nebula could reveal Earth's fate when the Sun dies, offering a grim look at ...

For centuries, the Ring Nebula has captivated astronomers with its stunning, glowing appearance, but a recent discovery has ...

The Ring Nebula has a mysterious iron bar inside it. Scientists had never seen anything like it before, and the discovery has left them shocked. Where did this iron come from? Could it have been left ...

A colossal bar of iron hidden inside the Ring Nebula may be the ghostly remains of a planet destroyed by a dying star.