At first glance, the Butterfly Nebula looks like a glowing insect pinned against the backdrop of space. Officially known as ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered new details in the Butterfly Nebula, offering clues to how rocky planets like Earth are formed.

NGC 6543, the Cat's Eye Nebula, is a high surface brightness planetary nebula located in the constellation Draco, discovered in 1786 and spectroscopically confirmed as gaseous in 1864. With an ...

Recent James Webb Telescope findings reveal insights into the Butterfly Nebula that may explain how rocky planets form from ...

New Tarantula Nebula observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are combined with imagery from ...

The James Webb Space Telescope unearthed new details at the core of Butterfly Nebula – one of the best studied nebulas in our ...

Planetary nebulae have been studied for centuries, but astronomers are getting new looks and a better understanding of the structures and compositions of these gaseous remnants of dying stars thanks ...

James Webb has revealed that the Butterfly Nebula hides a complex mix of gemstone-like crystals, fiery dust, and unexpected carbon molecules. The discovery may rewrite how we understand the chemistry ...