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A theoretical astrophysicist from the University of Kansas may have solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery over the origins of an unusual "zebra" pattern seen in high-frequency radio pulses from the ...

A theoretical astrophysicist may have solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery over the origins of an unusual 'zebra' pattern seen in high-frequency radio pulses from the Crab Nebula. A theoretical ...

NGC 7027 is a small planetary nebula known as the "pillow nebula" due to its pillow-like shape. It is located about 3,000 light-years from Earth (1 light-year is the distance light travels in one year ...

IC 418 is a planetary nebula. The nebula shows the life cycle of a star. A star emits light like Taeyang, and nuclear fusion reactions occur at its center. As time passes, the nuclear fusion reactions ...

A nebula is a luminescent giant cloud of dust and gas in space that could be from a supernova or could be a star-forming region. The "dumbbell nebula," also known as Messier 27, is what astronomers ...

Historical records from around the world describe a bright star appearing in the sky in the year 1054. Today, astronomers are confident that what our ancestors were seeing was, in truth, a star that ...