Some early views of 30 Dor highlight the nebula's spidery spindles of dust and gas filaments. The new image looks like a purplish puff of cosmic cotton candy more than an arachnid. "I think our ...
Hubble has imaged 30 Doradus many times during its 35 years in space; the region is also known as the Tarantula Nebula because of its arachnid-like appearance in visible light. The Tarantula spins ...
The new image looks like a purplish puff of cosmic cotton candy more than an arachnid. The nebula is located 160,000 light-years away in a neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud.