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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly. The National Science Foundation’s NoirLab released the picture Wednesday.

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.