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NASA and ESA share a breathtaking Hubble image of the Tarantula Nebula’s outer edge


The Hubble image shows a portion of the Tarantula Nebula, which NASA says is “the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local universe.”

The Hubble Space Telescope is still trucking along more than 30 years after its launch, observing the universe and sending home images for us to marvel at. This week, NASA and ESA highlighted an image captured by Hubble of the highly productive Tarantula Nebula (officially named 30 Doradus) in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and it’s a sight to behold. The Tarantula Nebula is “the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local universe,” with stars roughly 200 times as massive as the sun at its center, according to NASA.

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