The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just unveiled a new image of the Butterfly Nebula, and it isn’t just beautiful—it also offers clues to the processes of stellar death and the formation of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A dazzling new image from the European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope in Chile has ...

The world's largest telescope captured a deep-space nebula — an interstellar cloud of gas and dust that can produce new stars — in stunning detail, providing the first close-up view to date of the ...

Scientists say the James Webb Space Telescope has captured an unprecedented look inside a butterfly nebula, revealing matter around a dying star. The international space community, consisting of NASA, ...

The decades-long mystery of a never-ending explosion of X-rays around the remains of a dead star may have finally been solved. The radiation probably originates from the scorching-hot wreckage left ...

Of the approximately 3,000 planetary nebulae known in the galaxy, most are asymmetrical. But one planetary in Camelopardalis, just 7.5° from Polaris, is the poster child for symmetry. The Lemon Slice ...

As 'Alien: Earth' hits screens, the night sky delivers a cameo from the franchise's iconic villain. When I aimed my Vaonis Vespera Pro smart telescope at the Eastern Veil Nebula, the last thing I ...