To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Gemini Observatory, the Gemini South telescope captured an amazing ...

The complicated structure at the centre of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302. There is a bright source at the centre that is surrounded by greenish nebulosity and several looping lines in cream, orange ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed view yet of the Butterfly Nebula known as NGC 6302. The cosmic feature of gases, dust and debris is estimated to be 3,400 light-years ...

At first glance, the Butterfly Nebula looks like a glowing insect pinned against the backdrop of space. Officially known as NGC 6302, it sits about 3,400 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius ...

This image, which combines infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope with submillimetre observations from the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA), shows the doughnut-shaped ...

When we start talking about Earth's origin, there are many theories on the table that have been tossed around for years, with the Big Bang hypothesis often leading the charge. But thanks to the James ...

A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation’s NoirLab released the picture Wednesday. Snapped last month by the ...

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A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly.The National Science Foundation's NoirLab released the picture Wednesday.Related video above: The dark ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation’s NoirLab released the picture Wednesday.