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<div class="hds-media hds-module wp-block-image" id=""> <div class="margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline"> <div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"> <figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg"><img alt="Shades of white, orange, and blue sweep across this view of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Blue and red stars peek through the clouds of gas and dust." block_context="nasa-block" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="1043" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?w=2048" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg 4015w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=300,153 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=768,391 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=1024,521 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=1536,782 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=2048,1043 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=400,204 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=600,305 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=900,458 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=1200,611 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=2000,1018 2000w" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" width="2048"/></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"> <div class="hds-credits">ESA/Hubble &amp; NASA, C. Murray</div> </figcaption></div> </div> </div> <p>This NASA/ESA <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/" rel="noopener">Hubble Space Telescope</a> image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa.</p> <p>Despite being only 10–20% as massive as the Milky Way galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud contains some of the most impressive nearby star-forming regions. The scene pictured here is on the outskirts of the <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-caldwell-catalog/caldwell-103/" rel="noopener">Tarantula Nebula</a>, the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local universe. At its center, the Tarantula Nebula hosts the most massive stars known, weighing roughly 200 times the mass of the Sun.</p> <p>The section of the nebula shown here features serene blue gas, brownish-orange dust patches, and a sprinkling of multicolored stars. The stars within and behind the dust clouds appear redder than those that are unobscured by dust. Dust absorbs and scatters blue light more than red light, allowing more of the red light to reach our telescopes, which makes the stars appear redder than they are. This image incorporates ultraviolet and infrared light as well as visible light. Using Hubble observations of dusty nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud and other galaxies, researchers can study these distant dust grains, helping them better understand the role that cosmic dust plays in the formation of new stars and planets.</p> <div class="edit-post-link"></div>

<div class="hds-media hds-module wp-block-image" id=""> <div class="margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline"> <div class="hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto"> <figure class="hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg"><img alt="Shades of white, orange, and blue sweep across this view of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Blue and red stars peek through the clouds of gas and dust." block_context="nasa-block" class="attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="1043" loading="eager" sizes="(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" src="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?w=2048" srcset="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg 4015w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=300,153 300w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=768,391 768w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=1024,521 1024w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=1536,782 1536w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=2048,1043 2048w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=400,204 400w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=600,305 600w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=900,458 900w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=1200,611 1200w, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/hubble-lmc-trantula-potw2503a.jpg?resize=2000,1018 2000w" style="transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;" width="2048"/></a></figure><figcaption class="hds-caption padding-y-2"> <div class="hds-credits">ESA/Hubble &amp; NASA, C. Murray</div> </figcaption></div> </div> </div> <p>This NASA/ESA <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/" rel="noopener">Hubble Space Telescope</a> image features a dusty yet sparkling scene from one of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy situated about 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa.</p> <p>Despite being only 10–20% as massive as the Milky Way galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud contains some of the most impressive nearby star-forming regions. The scene pictured here is on the outskirts of the <a href="https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-caldwell-catalog/caldwell-103/" rel="noopener">Tarantula Nebula</a>, the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local universe. At its center, the Tarantula Nebula hosts the most massive stars known, weighing roughly 200 times the mass of the Sun.</p> <p>The section of the nebula shown here features serene blue gas, brownish-orange dust patches, and a sprinkling of multicolored stars. The stars within and behind the dust clouds appear redder than those that are unobscured by dust. Dust absorbs and scatters blue light more than red light, allowing more of the red light to reach our telescopes, which makes the stars appear redder than they are. This image incorporates ultraviolet and infrared light as well as visible light. Using Hubble observations of dusty nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud and other galaxies, researchers can study these distant dust grains, helping them better understand the role that cosmic dust plays in the formation of new stars and planets.</p> <div class="edit-post-link"></div>