Milky Way's Butterfly Wings & Nebula's Cosmic Dance

Posted: 2025-06-16 15:20:17 UTC

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The Milky Way is moving at 600 km/s and exhibiting a "flapping wings" motion, similar to a butterfly. The butterfly-shaped nebula NGC 2899, captured by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, is a cosmic gas bubble formed by the death of a star.

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Milky Way's high-speed movement and unique motion

Discovery of the butterfly-shaped nebula NGC 2899

Nebula's formation from a dying star

Milky Way's Butterfly Wings & Nebula's Cosmic Dance

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