(NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team)
Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in planetary nebula NGC 6302. What resemble dainty butterfly wings are actually roiling cauldrons of gas heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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