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 ...

What you're looking at here is the aftermath of a sun-like star that eventually reached the end of its life and poofed out ...

The Butterfly Nebula was first discovered in the 1970s, but it's core had been obscured by dust (ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, K. Noll, J) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has peered through a dense ...

At first glance, the Butterfly Nebula looks like a glowing insect pinned against the backdrop of space. Officially known as NGC 6302, it sits about 3,400 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius ...

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 new James Webb Space Telescope image features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537–the Red Spider Nebula. Using its ...

This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537—the Red ...

13:49, Fri, Aug 29, 2025 Updated: 13:49, Fri, Aug 29, 2025 UK astronomers have revealed stunning images and secrets from the mysterious heart of the Butterfly Nebula - one of our galaxy's most ...

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 ...

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 ...

Somewhere deep in space, a nebula explodes like a giant butterfly made up of dust and stars. While it may seem like a lovely sight, it is holding a dramatic stellar death that is ejecting an envelope ...

Scientists have uncovered the hidden core of one of our galaxy’s most spectacular phenomena, giving scientists a rare chance to see what may one day happen to our own sun. The James Webb Space ...