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    6 Unbelievable Hubble Images

    What resemble dainty butterfly wings are actually roiling cauldrons of gas heated to more than 36,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The gas is tearing across space at more than 600,000 miles an hour -- fast enough to travel from Earth to the moon in 24 minutes! Once again NASA manages to capture the attention of Star Wars lovers everywhere. [via NASA]

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