The Butterfly Nebula

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One of my core interests is space and astronomy. I'm especially fond of looking at the images captured by the Hubble telescope. I'm so glad that NASA decided to fix it. This is one of my favorite images: NGC 6302 or The Butterfly Nebula. It does live within our Milky Way galaxy, but it's almost 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. It looks beautiful and serene but it's not. According to the NASA site: "What resemble dainty butterfly wings are actually roiling … [Read more...]