The complicated structure at the centre of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302. There is a bright source at the centre that is surrounded by greenish nebulosity and several looping lines in cream, orange ...

A color rendition of NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, created from black-and-white exposures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2019 and 2020. In the violet-colored regions, strong stellar winds ...

Studying astronomical objects is like peering through a window of time, where astronomers can study the universe’s history to learn more about how we got here and where we might be going. In the case ...

This image set showcases three views of the Butterfly Nebula, featuring an optical and near-infrared view from Hubble (left and middle) and the latest Webb/ALMA image. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

New time-lapse images of the beautiful Butterfly Nebula come closer to explaining its spectacular strangeness. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The sun sustains all life on Earth, but that's not going to be the case forever. Eventually, the sun will exhaust its nuclear fuel and expand to engulf Earth and the other inner planets on its way to ...

The sun will die, eventually. Like any star, the one at the center of our solar system is not meant to live forever. Eventually, it will use up all of the nuclear fuel in its core and explode, ...

There’s something weird going on with the Butterfly Nebula. The star (or stars) at the center of the nebula seem to blast powerful jets of energy out into space in random directions, creating chaos in ...