Data sonification translates information collected by various NASA missions — such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and Spitzer Space Telescope — into sounds. When a star like ...

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Scientists have discovered a glowing bubble of hot gas and an unexpected X-ray bright central star within the planetary nebula known as the Cat's Eye using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The new ...

One of the extreme northern sky's most entertaining deep-sky objects, the Cat's Eye Nebula in Draco (NGC 6543), is a planetary nebula with a high surface brightness. Discovered by William Herschel in ...

Check out that hypnotic glow from the center of this image — it’s the brightest central star in a planetary nebula that astronomers have seen so far. Why does the center of the Cat’s Eye Nebula shine ...

LOS ANGELES -- A glowing supernova remnant, a nebula shaped like a cat's paw and the iconic "Pillars of Creation" are just a few of the celestial objects that shine in 25 never-before-seen images ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula reveals mini “toe beans.” Massive young stars are carving the gas and dust while their bright starlight is producing a ...

A growing remnant of a star's supernova explosion is known as the Crab Nebula. This terrible event was documented by Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1054 AD, almost a millennium ago, and probably ...