X-Ray Clues to Destroyed Planet
This image of the Helix Nebula, released on 4 March 2025, shows a potentially destructive white dwarf at the nebula’s center that may have destroyed a planet.
—Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/Univ Mexico/S. Estrada-Dorado et al.; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI (M. Meixner)/NRAO (T.A. Rector); Infrared: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson; Image Processing
