Hubble’s New Image

Credit: NASA, ESA, F. Paresce (INAF-IASF, Bologna, Italy), R. O'Connell (University of Virginia, Charlottesville), and the Wide Field Camera 3 Science Oversight Committee

Credit: NASA, ESA, F. Paresce (INAF-IASF, Bologna, Italy), R. O'Connell (University of Virginia, Charlottesville), and the Wide Field Camera 3 Science Oversight Committee

Check out this fantastic image from the Hubble Space Telescope.  It shows a massive young stellar group called R136, which is only a few million years old and can be found in the 30 Doradus Nebula.

Check out the Hubble site for more images and videos.


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