Large Magellanic Cloud

The Tarantula Nebula is a sprawling gas cloud in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and one of the largest star-forming regions in the local Universe. Credit: Jean Claude Canonne, Philippe Bernhard, Didier Chaplain, Nicolas Outters, and Laurent Bourgon
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The imperfect perfection of the star cluster NGC 1898
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Mar 11, 2019
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A close-up of the reddish splotch in the globular cluster NGC 1898. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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