The supermassive black hole was yesterday's news. On Friday, NASA released an image of a star surrounded by a curious, rare red rectangle. Though the red rectangle has been seen and photographed ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...