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04.17.12
A New View of the Tarantula Nebula
This composite of 30 Doradus, aka the Tarantula Nebula, contains data from Chandra (blue), Hubble (green), and Spitzer (red). Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Tarantula Nebula is one of the largest star-forming regions close to the Milky Way. Chandra's X-rays detect gas that has been heated to millions of degrees by stellar winds and supernovas. This high-energy stellar activity creates shock fronts, which are similar to sonic booms. Hubble reveals the light from massive stars at various stages of star birth, while Spitzer shows where the relatively cooler gas and dust lie.
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March 6 Loops of Gas and Dust Rise from Planetary Disks |
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February 26 Seeing Through a Veil of Dust |
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February 26 The Cigar Galaxy M82 |
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February 26 M82 Galaxy with Supernova |
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February 20 The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star |
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January 29 Development of Massive Elliptical Galaxies |
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January 7 Weather on Other Worlds |
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January 7 This Just In: Storms Expected on Brown Dwarfs |
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December 18 Galactic Metropolis |
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November 14 Two Galaxies Masquerading as One |
