The Red Rectangle in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn) roughly 2,300 light-years away, also known as star HD 44179, is a unique illustration of a proto-planetary nebula. The image captured by ...
A striking new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope delivers a deep look into a mysterious cosmic object called the Red Rectangle Nebula. The Red Rectangle, so named because of its bizarre ...
For over 30 years, astronomers were baffled by a star called HD 44179, surrounded by a mysterious rectangular-shaped nebula. Nebulas, or clouds of gas and dust, often form around stars that are ...
A striking new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope delivers a deep look into a mysterious cosmic object called the Red Rectangle Nebula. The Red Rectangle, so named because of its bizarre ...
Ladder-like structures surrounding a dying star are just one of the features revealed in a new Hubble Space Telescope image of a nebula known as the “Red Rectangle.” Cataloged as HD 44179, this nebula ...
Imagine smoke rings seen edge-on and you may gain some insight to what's going on with the deceptive Red Rectangle, which isn't a rectangle at all. The optical illusion is the work of a pair of stars ...