A butterfly in the stars 🦋
This #HubbleClassic image of the Butterfly Nebula shows layers of gas being ejected from a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel.
Eventually this nebula will fade and leave behind a stellar corpse known as a white dwarf: go.nasa.gov/3KoP25a
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This structure may look like a cosmic butterfly unfurling its celestial wings, but there’s nothing gentle or delicate about this massive blowout.Edward Henderson (NASA)