Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula.

The new photos show us views of NGC 6302, nicknamed the Butterfly Nebula (below; you can probably guess where the name comes from); and NGC 7027, the Jewel Bug Nebula (above). NGC 6302 ...

They are surrounded by a butterfly-shaped gas formation. These stars feed on nearby gas but also eject excess material. This process creates bursts of outflows that shape the nebula’s striking ...

Glowing like a multi-faceted jewel, the planetary nebula IC 418 lies about 2000 light-years from Earth in the constellation ...

The fact that there are two stars lurking at the heart of this butterfly-shaped nebula will be crucial, as we shall see. We ...