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Demise in ice and fire

29 April 2004

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The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, is one of the brightest and most extreme planetary nebulae known. At its centre lies a superhot, dying star smothered in a blanket of icy 'hailstones'. A new Hubble image reveals fresh detail in the wings of this 'cosmic butterfly'.

Credits: Credit: ESA/NASA and Albert Zijlstra

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The Bug Nebula, NGC 6302, here imaged with the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory by astronomer Romano L.M. Corradi.

Credits: Credit: ESA/NASA and Romano Corradi (ING)