On Valentine's Day: A Bouquet from Space!
2/13/2025 9:20:00 AM
NASA released a composite image of the 30 Doradus Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, combining images captured by several telescopes to form a cosmic bouquet. It described it as 'a bouquet of thousands of blooming stars.'
According to NASA, this image was formed from data obtained using the Chandra and Hubble space telescopes, as well as the ALMA radio telescope. NASA noted that the first of these telescopes spent 23 days observing to gather data on massive, binary, and emerging stars, smaller star clusters, stellar winds, and supernova remnants in the nebula.
The agency points out that the nebula is about 160,000 light-years away from Earth and contains a number of very massive stars as well as young stars previously discovered by astronomers. The nebula has enough 'fuel' to ensure the birth of new stars for at least the next 25 million years.
NASA confirms that the collected data will be the best for studying X-ray emissions in star-forming regions in the foreseeable future.
According to NASA, this image was formed from data obtained using the Chandra and Hubble space telescopes, as well as the ALMA radio telescope. NASA noted that the first of these telescopes spent 23 days observing to gather data on massive, binary, and emerging stars, smaller star clusters, stellar winds, and supernova remnants in the nebula.
The agency points out that the nebula is about 160,000 light-years away from Earth and contains a number of very massive stars as well as young stars previously discovered by astronomers. The nebula has enough 'fuel' to ensure the birth of new stars for at least the next 25 million years.
NASA confirms that the collected data will be the best for studying X-ray emissions in star-forming regions in the foreseeable future.