Tag Archive for 'Tarantula Nebula'

In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the brilliance of R136, a young star cluster in 30 Doradus. The image is composed of observations from both Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Paul Crowther, University of Sheffield.

Hubble Discovers Nine Extremely Massive Stars in R136

Mar 17, 2016 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have identified nine extremely massive stars in the young star cluster R136. In this image, the...

This Hubble image shows the Tarantula Nebula in infrared light. Image credit: NASA / ESA / E. Sabbi, STScI.

NASA Releases Hubble’s Deepest-Ever View of Tarantula Nebula

Jan 13, 2014 by News Staff

NASA astronomers used both the Wide Field Camera 3 and the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the Hubble Space Telescope to capture the best-ever image...

Hubble Zooms in on Two Merging Clusters in Tarantula Nebula

Aug 21, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of two clusters full of massive stars that may be in the early stages of merging. This is a Hubble...