Butterfly Nebula

Most planetary nebulae are roughly circular, but a few have an hourglass or wing-like shape, like the aptly named 'Butterfly Nebula'.

NASA has shared an image of a cluster of baby stars, captured by its Spitzer Space Telescope. Calling the red clouds of gas a beautiful space butterfly, NASA says the image explains how stars are formed in space.

The Butterfly Nebula, also known as NGC 6302, lies within our Milky Way galaxy between 2,500 and 3,800 light-years away, in the constellation Scorpius. It has two “wings” of gas heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit (19,982 degrees Celsius).

Indian astrophysicists were treated to what they called the "most spectacular objects in the sky" when they discovered ultraviolet wings around the Butterfly Nebula, captured using Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) of AstroSat. A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, and gases.

Most planetary nebulae are roughly circular, but a few have an hourglass or wing-like shape, like the aptly named 'Butterfly Nebula'.

NASA has shared an image of a cluster of baby stars, captured by its Spitzer Space Telescope. Calling the red clouds of gas a beautiful space butterfly, NASA says the image explains how stars are formed in space.

The Butterfly Nebula, also known as NGC 6302, lies within our Milky Way galaxy between 2,500 and 3,800 light-years away, in the constellation Scorpius. It has two “wings” of gas heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit (19,982 degrees Celsius).

Indian astrophysicists were treated to what they called the "most spectacular objects in the sky" when they discovered ultraviolet wings around the Butterfly Nebula, captured using Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) of AstroSat. A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, and gases.