The image is unprecedented and reveals details on the structure and composition of the nebula, as well as dozens of galaxies in the background.
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Different nebula of beige color, with rusty reflections surrounding a central black area. NASA published Tuesday, September 6, a new image of thousands of young stars never seen.
This photo shows a mosaic extending over 340 light years, captured with the infrared camera of the James-Webb space telescope (Nircam). The stellar nursery 30 Doradus draws its nickname from the Tarentule nebula due to its long dusty filaments.
Located in the Galaxy of the Grand Cloud of Magellan, it is the largest and most brilliant star formation region near our own galaxy. It also houses the hottest and most massive known stars.
The photo shows a large yellow star with eight long fine points. To the right of this star is a heap of shiny stars of oval shape. The stars inside the cluster resemble tiny pale blue sparks.
At the bottom of the image, several arms seem to be spiral out of a cloud. The structures look like a spider or a calmar. Other blue or yellow stars with eight branches, as well as distant galaxies, are dotted on the image.