Astronomers have used ESO's New Technology Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to explore more than 100 planetary nebulae in the central bulge of our galaxy. They have found that butterfly-shaped members of this cosmic family tend to be mysteriously aligned — a surprising result given their different histories and varied properties.
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Space Scoop - the children's version of this release is available in many languages at: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1338/kids/
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4 September 2013
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