7 jaw-dropping images of Nebulae captured by NASA

The butterfly nebula ,also called NGC 6302, is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever seen in planetary nebulae.

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth's point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. In its center lies a white dwarf star.

he Crab Nebula is about 10 light-years across, the equivalent of about 10 trillion miles, and it's still growing, according to NASA.

Absorption nebulae or dark nebulae are clouds of gas and dust that don’t emit or reflect light, but block light coming from behind them.

The Orion Nebula is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, and is known as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion.

In astronomy, reflection nebulae are clouds of interstellar dust which might reflect the light of a nearby star or stars.

This 'new star' was a supernova, now named Kepler's supernova, and was the last such object seen to explode in our Milky Way galaxy.

Credit: NASA