By Dean Murray

Astronomers have revealed a cosmic butterfly to mark 25 years of a powerful space telescope.

Students voted for the Gemini South telescope in Chile to image NGC 6302, a billowing planetary nebula, to celebrate the completion of the International Gemini Observatory .

The International Gemini Observatory is partly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and operated by NSF NOIRLab.

NSF NOIRLab said: "The glowing 'wings' of the Butterfly Nebula appear to be bursting out of the interstellar medium in this image.

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