Gorgeous New Hubble Image Of Cosmic Butterfly Wings August 26, 2015 | by Justine Alford photo credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt Share on facebook 65.5K Share on twitter 146 Share on reddit Share on google_plusone_share More Sharing Services With so many bewilderingly beautiful examples of these cosmic objects taken over the years, it’s difficult to pick a favorite planetary nebula. But of these stunning scenes, Minkowski's Butterfly has always evoked a sense of awe in me. Never failing, here I am once again hypnotically staring into my computer screen, bedazzled by Hubble’s latest portrait of the celestial butterfly. Officially called PN M2-9, the planetary nebula also goes by the slightly more telling name of the Twin Jet Nebula. As you can see, unlike ordinary planetary nebulae that look like colorful bubbles or piercing eyes, M2-9 is different in that it has two distinct trails of material emanating from a central point. This