IRAS 04302: Butterfly Disk Planet Formation

By |2025-09-08T13:44:26-04:00September 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day This butterfly can hatch planets. The nebula fanning out from the star IRAS 04302+2247 may look like the wings of a butterfly, while the vertical brown stripe down the center may look like the butterfly's body -- but together they indicate an active planet-forming system. The featured picture was captured [...]