When a star dies, a cosmic butterfly shaped one emerges, as in case of he Kohoutek 3-46, which resembles a butterfly in shape. This is estimated tobe 20000 light years old and it is classified as a planetary nebula
Recently, an image of ‘Pillars of Creation’ was shared by NASA. It is an image of three looming towers made of interstellar dust and gas. It looks semi-transparent at times when captured with near-infrared light.