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flag A Chilean telescope captured a new image of the Butterfly Nebula, revealing glowing gas from a dying star, released on its 25th anniversary.

flag A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new image of the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302), a planetary nebula 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in Scorpius. flag Taken by the Gemini South telescope, the image reveals intricate, glowing gas wings formed by a dying star’s expelled material, with a hot white dwarf at the center. flag The observation, released by NOIRLab on November 26, 2025, was selected by Chilean schoolchildren to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Gemini Observatory.

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