The universe is a slow-changing place. While it's mostly true that the heavens and the deep-sky objects in it will look ...

The cosmic butterfly has also produced plenty of PAHs – large hydrocarbon molecules that could play a key early role in ...

Scientists say the findings at the core of the Butterfly Nebula, unknown since the discovery of the whole phenomena in the ...

An eerie blue hand seems to be reaching out across the universe in a recently released image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray ...

The Butterfly Nebula was first discovered in the 1970s, but it's core had been obscured by dust (ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, K. Noll, J) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has peered through a dense ...

Scientists have uncovered the hidden core of one of our galaxy’s most spectacular phenomena, giving scientists a rare chance to see what may one day happen to our own sun. The James Webb Space ...

Massive stars in the Lobster Nebula carve dramatic shapes into cosmic dust while thousands of glittering young stars emerge ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The central region of the Butterfly Nebula and its dusty torus, imaged by the JWST, which is able ...

White dwarfs may still host habitable planets. Conditions like tidal heating and migration shape their potential for life.

In fact, 2025’s final eclipse will be visible to just 16.6 million people — 0.2% of the world’s population — located across ...

It's a scene that could evoke popular fantasy stories, with sparkling stars shining above misty mountaintops, but the James ...

When the ESA launched the Gaia spacecraft in 2013, it didn't generate the same fanfare as the launch of other missions like the JWST, or first light from telescopes like the Vera Rubin Observatory.