WASHINGTON — New views from the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing the spooky-looking Tarantula Nebula in never-before-seen detail. The Tarantula Nebula is located about 160,000 light-years from ...

I don’t mean for the blog to be all Hubble all week, but c’mon. Just look at that picture! Phil Plait Phil Plait writes Slate’s Bad Astronomy blog and is an astronomer, public speaker, science ...

New Tarantula Nebula observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are combined with imagery from ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What looks like a cosmic wonderland to some resembles a spindly space spider to others. The ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed view to date of the region of space surrounding the famous Tarantula Nebula – a 1,000 light-year wide swirling cloud of cosmic gas, the core of which is ...

For a long time, this cosmic structure was thought to be a star, until 1751, when Nicolas Louis de Lacaille discovered its true form. Located about 159,800 light-years from Earth on the edge of the ...

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 ...

NASA's highly sensitive James Webb Space Telescope has captured an extremely detailed image of thousands of never-before-seen young stars in a region known as the Tarantula Nebula. Located in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This composite image shows the star-forming region 30 ...

"In this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across, Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) displays the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in a new light, including tens of thousands of ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning images of a "cosmic tarantula": the Tarantula Nebula. The nebula, officially called 30 Doradus, earned its spider nickname because "the region ...

New views from the Hubble Space Telescope are revealing the spooky-looking Tarantula Nebula in never-before-seen detail. The Tarantula Nebula is located about 160,000 light-years from Earth in the ...