Los Angeles: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the image of the Tarantula Nebula, the space agency said. At 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, the Tarantula Nebula is the largest and brightest star-forming region in the Local Group, the galaxies nearest the Milky Way. It is home to the hottest, most massive stars known, according to NASA on Tuesday.
The Webb telescope's Near-Infrared Camera, also called NIRCam, has helped researchers see the region "in a new light, including tens of thousands of never-before-seen young stars that were previously shrouded in cosmic dust," said NASA.
