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A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope close-up view of the outskirts of the Tarantul…

A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope close-up view of the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our neighbouring galaxies, and situated at a distance of 170 000 light-years away from Earth, the Tarantula Nebula is the brightest known nebula in the Local Group of galaxies. It is also the largest (around 650 light-years across) and most active star-forming region known in our group of galaxies. See https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1232a/