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A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb by James Webb Space Telescope What’s that caught in our Webb? A giant space tarantula! Take a moment to stare into thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula. The James Webb Space Telescope reveals details of the structure and composition of the nebula, as well as dozens of background galaxies. Stellar nursery 30 Doradus gets its nickname of the Tarantula Nebula from its long, dusty filaments. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, it’s the largest and brightest star-forming region near our own galaxy, plus home to the hottest, most massive stars known. The center of this image, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera instrument (NIRCam), has been hollowed out by the radiation from young, massive stars (seen in sparkling pale blue). Only the densest surrounding areas of the nebula resist erosion, forming the pillars that appear to point back towards the cluster of stars in the center. The pillars are home to still-forming stars, which will eventually leave their dusty cocoons and help shape the nebula. Why is this nebula interesting to astronomers? Unlike in our Milky Way, the Tarantula Nebula is producing new stars at a furious rate. Though close to us, it is similar to the gigantic star-forming regions from when the universe was only a few billion years old, and star formation was at its peak — a period known as “cosmic noon.” Since the Tarantula is close to us, it is easy to study in detail to help us learn more about the universe’s past. Read more: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/a-cosmic-tarantula-caug... Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team Image description: A space image captured by the Webb telescope. Fluffy tan-colored nebula clouds, with rust-colored highlights, surround a black central area. Within that area, the focal point of the image is one large yellow star with eight long thin points. To the right of this star is a bright star cluster in an oval shape. The stars within the cluster look like tiny pale blue sparkles. The cluster is more densely packed at its core and scatters outward. Towards the bottom of the image, multiple arms appear to spiral out of a cloudy tan knob, resembling a spider or a squid structure. Other blue and yellow eight-pointed stars, as well as distant galaxies, are dotted throughout the image. https://flic.kr/p/2nJZVwp

NGC2070 or The Tarantula Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Ward (Barden Ridge Observatory)

A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb by James Webb Space Telescope What’s that caught in our Webb? A giant space tarantula! Take a moment to stare into thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula. The James Webb Space Telescope reveals details of the structure and composition of the nebula, as well as dozens of background galaxies. Stellar nursery 30 Doradus gets its nickname of the Tarantula Nebula from its long, dusty filaments. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, it’s the largest and brightest star-forming region near our own galaxy, plus home to the hottest, most massive stars known. At the longer wavelengths of light captured by its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), Webb focuses on the area surrounding the central star cluster and unveils a very different view of the Tarantula Nebula. In this light, the young hot stars of the cluster fade in brilliance, and glowing gas and dust come forward. Abundant hydrocarbons light up the surfaces of the dust clouds, shown in blue and purple. Why is this nebula interesting to astronomers? Unlike in our Milky Way, the Tarantula Nebula is producing new stars at a furious rate. Though close to us, it is similar to the gigantic star-forming regions from when the universe was only a few billion years old, and star formation was at its peak — a period known as “cosmic noon.” Since the Tarantula is close to us, it is easy to study in detail to help us learn more about the universe’s past. Read more: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/a-cosmic-tarantula-caug... Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team Image description: A space image captured by the Webb telescope. Wispy pale pink and yellow nebula clouds are highlighted with purple, ghostly pink, and glowing electric blue streaks. These clouds surround a large black cavity. A few small blue stars are sprinkled at the right edge of the cavity and in the cloud. A large clump of blue dust floats amid the small blue stars. There are a few occasional bright pink spots and larger, brighter white stars. One large blue star stands out at the top of the cavity, featuring short blue spikes and snowflake-like arms. A couple other stars in the cloud also appear like tiny snowflakes instead of points of light. https://flic.kr/p/2nJTMT9

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NARROWBAND TARANTULA NEBULA by astronut2007 on Flickr.

NGC2070 by bmettier on Flickr.

Via Flickr: Discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751, the Tarantula nebula (aka NGC 2070) is a bright HII region located in the southern constellation of Dorado. The spider shaped structure is fuelled by the brightest and most prolific star-forming region in our galactic neighbourhood, known as 30 Doradus. 30 Doradus is home to several million young stars, among which live the most massive stars ever seen. The nebula resides 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small, satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. Image is a HaOIII+RGB composite.