NASA unveils a vivid collage of the Tarantula Nebula's star-forming region
NASA scientists released a new composite image of the Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus) in the Large Magellanic Cloud, assembled from Chandra X-ray data and infrared data from JWST and Hubble, revealing thousands of young stars in a honeycomb of gas and dust; the researchers say the region is losing energy as hot gas leaks out, with turbulent cooling and heat transfer shaping future star formation, per an Astrophysical Journal paper.