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Science
Robert Lea

'Weird' game of cosmic tug-of-war in the Tarantula Nebula weaves up new stars

a purple and blue cloud of gas in deep space

The strange behavior of the Tarantula Nebula and its continued existence could be the result of powerful magnetic fields at its heart.

The Tarantula Nebula, officially known as 30 Doradus, is a region of star-forming gas at the heart of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy close to the Milky Way ablaze with "stellar nurseries" giving birth to baby stars.

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