The Tarantula nebula is home to some of the largest known stars, boasting masses up to 200 times that of our sun. The Hubble Space Telescope captured a scene on the nebula's fringes where the super ...

The strange behavior of the Tarantula Nebula and its continued existence could be the result of powerful magnetic fields at its heart. A large amount of energy radiates out of the Tarantula Nebula ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning image of the Tarantula Nebula, shedding new light on the brightest region of starbirth in our galactic neighborhood. Also known as 30 Doradus, the ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures incredible details in the dusty clouds of a star-forming factory called the Tarantula Nebula. Most of the nebulae Hubble images are in our galaxy, ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy ...

The nebula is one of the largest and brightest star-forming regions in the Local Group of galaxies near the Milky Way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The new James Webb Space Telescope might be more capable, but Hubble still has an edge over all the ground-based telescopes on Earth, as evidenced by its latest observations of the Tarantula Nebula.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory teamed up to provide a stunning new view of the robust star-forming region known as the Tarantula Nebula. Located only 161,000 ...

The creation of stars is a violent process that produces intense heat and radiation. It also produces incredibly beautiful images. Found in the center of the star-forming 30 Doradius region near the ...

The Tarantula Nebula, seen in this image by the Spitzer Space Telescope, was one of the first targets studied by the infrared observatory after its launch in 2003. The telescope has revisited it many ...

A snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is the most recent Picture of the Week from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The Tarantula Nebula is a large star-forming region of ...

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 ...