Chandra: The Enduring Stellar Lifecycle in 30 Doradus

NASA’s most recent image release entitled “The Enduring Stellar Lifecycle in 30 Doradus” was released on 1/9/23. The "Tarantula Nebula" (officially known as 30 Doradus) is available in a composite image of Chandra and JWST data for the first time. 30 Doradus is a region of active star formation located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor galaxy of the Milky Way. The image combines X-rays from Chandra (blue and purple) and infrared data from JWST (red, orange, green, and light blue). 30 Doradus has a chemical composition similar to what most nebulas in our Galaxy had several billion years ago.

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