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 ...

This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to find the Ring Nebula in the constellation Lyra - a glowing shell of gas that offers a glimpse of our solar system’s distant ...

The Gemini North Telescope captured a dying star inside the "Crystal Ball" Nebula. Scientists say the glowing cloud formed as ...

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

Astronomers have captured a breathtaking view of the Crystal Ball Nebula (NGC 1514), a cosmic spectacle 1,500 light-years ...

A breathtaking new image captures the Crystal Ball Nebula, the remains of a dying star found in the constellation Taurus.

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