From www.archynewsy.com/nasa-shows-the-phenomenon-butterfly-nebula/
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), revealed through its official account on the social network Instagram: ‘NASA Hubble’ a impressive image taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
It is the phenomenon called ‘butterfly nebula’, which is characterized by its extensive colors, formed by a star that consumes solar energy and sheds its outer layers of material.
“Streams of intense ultraviolet radiation cause material ejected from the nebula to glow”NASA explained.
But nevertheless, The space entity adds that from one moment to another said brightness will fade and leave a small stellar corpse called a “white dwarf”.
The Butterfly Nebula’s cosmic wings have never looked better, thanks to observations from both Hubble and the @nasachandraxray Observatory.
This nebula formed after a star like our Sun used up most of its fuel and shed its outer layers of material.
P.S.: Planetary nebulae really have nothing to do with planets! They were misnamed by early astronomers looking through small telescopes when they thought that these objects looked like planets.
Image credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/RIT/J.Kastner; Optical: NASA/ESA/AURA/STScI
