This will happen to our Sun, but not for another 5 billion years or so. This image shows the planetary nebula NGC 6302.

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 ...

Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in planetary nebula NGC 6302: This looks like a delicate butterfly. 09 Mar, 2025 Tahir Qureshi ... NGC 7027: This depicts NGC 7027, or the “Jewel Bug” nebula.

NGC 6302, known as the Butterfly Nebula, is located between 2,500 and 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. The image includes near-ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared light.

The result is a stunning glimpse of both NGC 7027 and the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302, both of which are in the midst of stellar death. Hubble has viewed these nebulae before but never with this ...

Deep in the constellation Scorpius, a cosmic butterfly spreads its wings. Meet NGC 6302, an enormous shell of glowing gas better known as the Butterfly Nebula. Located about 4,000 light-years from ...

As a point of reference, the exquisite Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302) follows the most direct line of sight to the core. Scorpius and Sagittarius are home to light nebulae including emission ...

It may also form a planetary nebula like NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula. Scientists have long wondered what caused the unique shape of this object from which it gets its name.

This is a planetary nebula designated as NGC 6302 located about 3800 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius.

This new image showcases NGC 346, a dazzling young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The Small Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located 200 000 light-years away ...