Posted on: Thursday, January 27, 2011

Butterfly Nebula.

From Time.com: Also known as the Big Nebula, the butterfly-shaped nebula consists of heated gas made up of oxygen and nitrogen, the whole of which tears through space at speeds in excess of 60,000 miles an hour. The dying star in the center is not unlike our sun.

Check out The Hubble Telescope's Greatest Hits and think about the vastness of space. It's a scary, beautiful thing, isn't it?

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