NASA spots 'Space Butterfly' giving birth to new stars

Our Sun is one of the big reasons we're all here today. It provides much of the energy needed for life to exist, and without it I wouldn't be writing this and you wouldn't be here to read it. We think of stars as ancient things that have been there forever but new ones are being created all the time, and NASA just captured a gorgeous image of a place where new stars are born. NASA affectionately calls it a "Space Butterfly," but in reality it's a pair of massive gas clouds. Its official name is ...