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NASA unveiled the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope on Tuesday, which focused on the Tarantula Nebula, a mass of interstellar gas and dust home to countless stars. The nebula is ...
The Tarantula Nebula's bright young stars glow blue in the telescope's images.
R136 produces most of the energy that makes the Tarantula Nebula visible. The estimated mass of the cluster is 450,000 solar masses, suggesting it may become a globular cluster in the future. [ 7 ] R136 has around 200 times the stellar density of a typical OB association such as Cygnus OB2 . [ 8 ]
The name Tarantula Nebula arose in the mid-20th century from its appearance in deep photographic exposures. [7] 30 Doradus has often been treated as the designation of a star, [8] [9] or of the central star cluster NGC 2070, [10] but is now generally treated as referring to the whole nebula area of the Tarantula Nebula. [11] [12]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2023 at 07:11:45 (UTC). Original – This first light image of the TRAPPIST national telescope at La Silla shows the Tarantula Nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our closest celestial neighbors.
Researchers have unveiled intricate details of the star-forming region known as the Tarantula Nebula which lies 170,000 light years from Earth. Scientists map violent nebula to discover how stars ...
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