Caught in a Webb: New images reveal cosmic tarantula
New James Webb images shed light on the composition of the Tarantula Nebula and reveal protostars still gaining mass in the stellar nursery.
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New James Webb images shed light on the composition of the Tarantula Nebula and reveal protostars still gaining mass in the stellar nursery.
A "giant space tarantula" has been caught by NASA's powerful James Webb Telescope. At 161,000 light years away from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, the Tarantula Nebula is the nickname for 30 Doradus.
It is the largest and brightest star-form region in the Local Group, a collection of "nearby" galaxies that also includes the Milky Way.
Webb Telescope: A “cosmic tarantula” are the words astronomers used to describe the latest photo from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA has showcased the difference between the famous Hubble Space Telescope and the space agency's new high-tech James Webb Space Telescope.