Most cosmic dust exhibits random atomic structures, and appears like soot. Thanks to NGC 6302’s extreme stellar energy, the ...

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

Webb’s powerful vision uncovered sparkling crystals, fiery jets, and complex molecules inside the Butterfly Nebula, offering ...

According to NASA, nebulas are giant clouds of dust and gases in space. They form from an explosion of a dying star or where ...

A cosmic formation known as the 'dumbbell nebula' will be visible from Earth in August. Will you need a telescope to see it?

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered new details in the Butterfly Nebula, offering clues to how rocky planets like Earth are formed.

A glimpse up at the night sky will reveal a seemingly endless landscape of twinkling stars, but there are even more striking formations lurking in the cosmos: nebulae.

While the latter nebulae openly exhibit star-formation activity, the former are more secretive about it—optically, they look like big holes in space (other wavelengths are a whole other thing).

James Webb has revealed that the Butterfly Nebula hides a complex mix of gemstone-like crystals, fiery dust, and unexpected carbon molecules. The discovery may rewrite how we understand the chemistry ...

Space is bejeweled with the stunning IC 418, a planetary nebula with purple and orange coloring enveloping a bright white core. The nebula lies close to 2,000 light-years from Earth on the way to ...

Check out the photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the Ghost Nebula, Southern Crab Nebula, and other nebulae in space.

Emission nebulae, more specifically, are clouds of ionized gas. Mostly mostly comprised of hydrogen, these clouds also harbor noticeable quantities of helium, oxygen, and nitrogen (among others).