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http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/07/18/planetary_nebula_wind_from_a_dying_star_looks_like_the_firefox_logo.html

 
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This image shows gas released by a dying star racing across space at more than 600,000 miles an hour, forming the delicate shape of a celestial butterfly. This nebula is also known as NGC 6302 or the Bug Nebula.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team

 
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This image shows gas released by a dying star racing across space at more than 600,000 miles an hour, forming the delicate shape of a celestial butterfly. This nebula is also known as NGC 6302 or the Bug Nebula.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team GOD
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I'd love to see a time lapse image of one of these nebulae. Something fluid so you get a sense of their speed and motion.

 
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