WHAT’S HOT: Webb telescope captures giant space 'tarantula'
The space agency's James Webb space telescope captured the image of a large magellanic cloud galaxy nicknamed the 'tarantula nebula.'
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17h agoGiant space tarantula - three words that
would most likely cause some concern.
But NASA is wowing astronomers with a new photo of one.
The space agency's James Webb space
telescope captured the image of a large magellanic cloud galaxy nicknamed the
'tarantula nebula.'
Scientists say it got that nickname
because it resembles a burrowing tarantula's home line with its silk.
The nebula sits 161,000 light-years away
from earth.
It is the largest and brightest
star-forming region in the galaxies closest to the Milky Way.
NASA says it also houses the hottest and
most massive stars currently known to astronomers.
Thanks to the Webb telescope, scientists
have been able to spot tens of thousands of never-before-seen young stars in
the galaxy.
They originally thought the stars were
just cosmic dust.
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