Tarantula Nebula
Hundreds of Massive Stars Have Simply Disappeared
The lifecycle of a star is regularly articulated as formation taking place inside vast clouds of gas and dust and…
New Webb Image of a Massive Star Forming Complex
The James Webb Space Telescope, a collaborative effort between NASA, the ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), has revealed…
The Tarantula Nebula Shouldn’t Be Forming Stars. What’s Going On?
The Tarantula Nebula is a star formation region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Tarantula is about 160,000 light-years away…
Hubble’s New View of the Tarantula Nebula
The Tarantula Nebula, also called 30 Doradus, is the brightest star-forming region in our part of the galaxy. It's in…
Wow! Here's Webb's View of the Tarantula Nebula
Here’s the Tarantula Nebula like we've never seen it before. The James Webb Space Telescope turned its detectors towards the…
What Was Here Before the Solar System?
The Solar System is 4.5 billion years old, but the Universe is much older. What was here before our Solar…
Virtual Star Party – April 26, 2014- Hangoutathon Special Edition!
This week's Virtual Star Party was a special 2-hour Saturday night version recorded as part of the Cosmoquest Hangoutathon. The…
Virtual Star Party – April 6, 2014: Saturn Rising
Hosts: Fraser Cain and Scott Lewis Astronomers: David Dickinson, Gary Gonella, Roy Salisbury, Sharin Ahmed, Stuart Forman, Mike Simmons and…
Star Clusters on a Clandestine Collision Course
Astronomers originally thought that just one massive star cluster shone brightly in a huge star forming region of the Tarantula…
Ambitious Survey Spots Stellar Nurseries
[/caption] ESO’s VISTA telescope has begun a new survey of the Magellanic Cloud, and this spectacular image of the Tarantula…