Unravelling the web of a cosmic creeply-crawly
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 14:30
in Astronomy & Space
This new Hubble image is the best-ever view of a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula, a region full of star clusters, glowing gas, and dark dust. Astronomers are exploring and mapping this nebula as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project, in a bid to try to understand its starry anatomy.