The Tarantula Nebula Puzzle

The Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) is a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Stretching some 340 lightyears across, this mosaic from the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera shows the core of hot young stars just right of center, framed by the nebula’s cooler gas and dust.

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Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScl, Webb ERO Production Team