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 ...

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 ...

For more than three decades, astronomers have been baffled by a mysterious rectangular-shaped nebula around a distant star. Experts believe some kind of 'molecular forces' cause the nebula's strange ...