And based on the Hubble data, the jets appear to have blasted outward from the Butterfly’s parent star at three different times in the nebula’s history, between 2,300 and 900 years ago.

The nebula is a beautiful sight, though one that you can’t help but see in our future in some way. That’s because our star, the Sun, is expected to end in a similar fate as the Butterfly ...

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. The team identified ...

Something is amiss in the Butterfly Nebula. When astronomers compared two exposures of this planetary nebula that had been taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009 and 2020, they saw dramatic ...

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.

This image of the Butterfly Nebula was released by NASA on June 18, 2020. NASA, ESA, and J. Kastner (RIT) Perhaps one of the most stunning images of NGC 6302, or the “Butterfly Nebula,” this ...

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 ...

Hubble imaged NGC 6302, known as the "Butterfly Nebula," to observe it across a more complete spectrum of light, from near-ultraviolet to near-infrared.

This beautiful galactic scenery was even made more exciting to look at as NASA's Hubble Space Telescope released a video of the "Butterfly Nebula," also known as NGC 6302, on its Instagram page ...

Here’s how it works. A color rendition of NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, created from black-and-white exposures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2019 and 2020.

Something is amiss in the Butterfly Nebula. When a team led by astronomers at the University of Washington compared two exposures of this planetary nebula that had been taken by the Hubble Space ...

A color rendition of NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, created from black-and-white exposures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2019 and 2020.