The fact that there are two stars lurking at the heart of this butterfly-shaped nebula will be crucial, as we shall see. We can't see those two protostars in the JWST's Near-Infrared Camera image ...

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 ...