The "wings" of the Butterfly Nebula may appear to be covered in snow & ice in this Chandra and Hubble image, but looks can be deceiving. The wings are actually scorching hot regions of gas at temperatures over 20,000 °C that are traveling at more than 950,000 kilometers per hour.
«Чтобы жить честно, надо рваться, путаться, ошибаться, начинать и бросать... и вечно бороться и лишаться. А спокойствие — душевная подлость» Л. Н. Толстой
Happy New Year! 🥳
Hubble is kicking off 2022 with a major milestone. The telescope began operations 1 billion seconds ago!
In that billion seconds, Hubble made more than 1.5 million observations and astronomers using Hubble data published more than 19,000 scientific papers.
Ten years ago, Hubble showed us this “snow angel” 😇
Called S106, this star-forming region is about 2,000 light-years away and resides in a relatively isolated part of our Milky Way Galaxy.
This #HubbleClassic view stretches several light-years across: https://t.co/mw0vaQH9Ct