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Andrew Thorpe

James Webb Telescope captures detailed new images of stars being born in Tarantula Nebula

NASA has released two spectacular new images of the Tarantula Nebula taken by the James Webb Telescope, shedding light on a nearby region of the universe that could give astronomers new insight into how stars are formed.

The Tarantula Nebula, officially known as 30 Doradus, is in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, a stone's throw away from Earth at a mere 161,000 light-years and part of the Local Group of galaxies closest to the Milky Way.

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