Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope caught this stunning image of the Tarantula nebula, the largest and brightest stellar factory in the Large Magellanic Cloud — a dwarf galaxy orbiting our own. The ...

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 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 ...

One square degree image of the Tarantula Nebula and its surroundings. The "super-cluster" R136 in the Tarantula nebula. From left to right: the Tarantula nebula and the R136 cluster within it. This ...

Day 22 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: The Heart of a Tarantula. This image, made by the James Webb Space Telescope, features the Tarantula Nebula’s star-forming region, seen here about ...

The Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070), located in the Large Magellanic Cloud at a distance of 160,000 light-years, surpasses the Orion and Carina Nebulae in scale and stellar content. Spanning approximately ...