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Monday, January 09, 2023

The Tarantula Nebula: Its Enduring Stellar Lifecycle | NASA Webb & Chandra

The Tarantula Nebula: Its Enduring Stellar Lifecycle | NASA Webb & Chandra

The "Tarantula Nebula" (officially known as 30 Doradus) is available in a composite image of Chandra and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) data for the first time.

The image combines X-rays from Chandra (blue and purple) and infrared data from JWST (red, orange, green, and light blue).

Distance Estimate: About 170,000 light-years

30 Doradus is a region of active star formation located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor galaxy of the Milky Way.

30 Doradus has a chemical composition similar to what most nebulas in our Galaxy had several billion years ago.


Credit: NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: Jan. 9, 2023


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