Hubble Views the Large Magellanic Cloud and Its Star Forming Regions
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud and the many star-forming regions within it. Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic…
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Hubble’s Close-Up View of the Tarantula Nebula
Produced by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, the above image is a close-up view of part of the Tarantula Nebula, which is 170,000 light-years away…
Ultramassive Stars of Cluster R136 Were Created from the Merger of Lighter Stars
Using complex direct N-body simulations, scientists believe they solved the mystery of ultramassive stars of cluster R136 in the Tarantula nebula, discovering that the stars…
Looking Inside a Stellar Cloud
A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 shows stellar grouping NGC 2040, also known as LH 88. These…