This Webb caught a giant space tarantula! 🕸️ ⁣ ⁣ Take a moment to stare into the thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula. NASAWebb reveals details of the structure and composition of the nebula, as well as dozens of background galaxies. ⁣ Stellar nursery 30 Doradus gets its nickname of the Tarantula Nebula from its long, dusty filaments. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, it’s the largest and brightest star-forming region near our own galaxy, plus home to the hottest, most massive stars known. ⁣ ⁣ What makes this nebula so interesting to astronomers? Unlike in our Milky Way, the Tarantula Nebula is producing new stars at a furious rate. Though close to us, it is similar to the gigantic star-forming regions from when the universe was only a few billion years old, and star formation was at its peak — a period known as “cosmic noon.” Since the Tarantula is close to us, it is easy to study in detail to help us learn more about the universe’s past. Re...