<p>A "stunning" closeup released this week shows part of the Tarantula Nebula, as seen by the <a href="http://hubblesite.org/">Hubble Space Telescope</a>.</p>
<p>The star-forming region of ionized hydrogen gas sits in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The cloud hosts many extreme cosmic phenomena, including <a href="http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/supernovae-article.html">supernova </a>remnants, according to the European Space Agency.</p>
<p>(Related: <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100511-science-space-hubble-runaway-star-tarantula/">"Hubble Telescope Catches Superfast Runaway Star."</a>)</p>
Along Came a Spider
A "stunning" closeup released this week shows part of the Tarantula Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The star-forming region of ionized hydrogen gas sits in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The cloud hosts many extreme cosmic phenomena, including supernova remnants, according to the European Space Agency.
(Related: "Hubble Telescope Catches Superfast Runaway Star.")
Space Pictures This Week: Stormy Sun, Oldest Galaxies
See the "stunning" Tarantula Nebula, before-and-after pictures of the Japan earthquake, and "surreal" star births in this week's best space photos.
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