Comparing Hubble images of the wings from 2009 and 2020, the team found marked changes to the structure. This indicates the white dwarf at the center of the Butterfly Nebula is still making waves.

Scientists have long wondered what caused the unique shape of this object, from which it gets its name. A new analysis of Hubble Space Telescope images has offered some tantalizing clues.

Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in planetary nebula: The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a new camera aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, snapped this image of the planetary nebula ...

What’s New — In ultraviolet images of the Butterfly Nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, Bruce Balick of the University of Washington and his colleagues saw something shocking: the ...

Scientists have used the Hubble telescope to capture images of the Butterfly Nebula, giving a glimpse of how our star will look after death.

'Hubble Telescope' Pic of 'Serenity Nebula' Is Truly Unreal Those clouds of dust and gas in space known as nebulae make for a beautiful sight.

Planetary nebula NGC 2899, a space butterfly A white dwarf star lingers at the center of planetary nebula NGC 2899. This is one of the cosmic objects you can let your imagination run wild with.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Orion Nebula, highlighting two young protostars, HOPS 150 and HOPS 153. These protostars are actively shaping their surroundings ...

By comparing two Hubble Space Telescope images of the butterfly's wings taken in 2009 and 2020, researchers have discovered strange new processes driving the nebula's growth.

A Hubble image of NGC 6302, aka the "Butterfly Nebula," from June 2020. The star or stars at its center are responsible for the nebula's appearance. In their death throes, they have cast off ...

9 Most Beautiful Images of Nebula shared by NASA Hubble Space TelescopeStar’s Swan Song: This is a planetary nebula named Kohoutek 4-55, a member of the Milky Way galaxy situated just 4,600 ...

Hubble Space Telescope Is 35: Don't Miss These 4 Dazzling Anniversary Images The world's most famous telescope is celebrating in style with new views of Mars, nebulas and a galaxy that reminds us ...