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Webb captures detailed structures and chemistry in the Helix Nebula — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Webb captures detailed structures and chemistry in the Helix Nebula

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced a high-resolution near-infrared image of a portion of the Helix Nebula that highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds and layers of gas being shed by a dying star. Webb’s NIRCam image shows pillar-like features with extended tails tracing the inner edge

IXPE measures accretion column on white dwarf EX Hydrae — Nasa.gov

IXPE measures accretion column on white dwarf EX Hydrae

NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer (IXPE) has been used for the first time to study a white dwarf star, focusing on the intermediate polar EX Hydrae in the constellation Hydra about 200 light-years from Earth. IXPE spent nearly one week in 2024 observing the system. The nearly week-long observation