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30 Doradus: The Growing Tarantula Within
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30 Doradus: The Growing Tarantula Within

NASA / JPL · 2011-11-16 · photograph (digital archive)

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About 2,400 massive stars in the center of 30 Doradus, the Tarantula Nebula, produce intense radiation and powerful winds as they blow off material seen as infrared emission from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope and X-rays from Chandra X-ray Observatory.

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Credit line30 Doradus: The Growing Tarantula Within. NASA/JPL, 2011-11-16. Public domain. ID: PIA15079.

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