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. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

The star HD 44179 is surrounded by an extraordinary structure known as the Red Rectangle. It acquired its moniker because of its shape and its apparent color when seen in early images from Earth. This ...

The Red Rectangle, named after its uniquely boxy shape, sits approximately 2,300 light-years from Earth. Located in the constellation Monoceros, the Red Rectangle was first spotted by astronomers ...

It’s not often that a nebula looks quite so much like a cheesy special effect from some forgotten ’70s sci-fi movie, but the Red Rectangle Nebula qualifies. After all, this seems to betray a total ...

Astronomers may not have observed the fabled 'Stairway to Heaven,' but they have photographed something almost as intriguing: ladder-like structures surrounding a dying star. Astronomers may ...

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 ...