Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. If it were at the distance of the Orion Nebula , the nearest stellar nursery to Earth, it would appear to cover about 30 degrees on the sky or about 60 full moons. The spindly arms of the Tarantula Nebula surround the 30 Doradus Star Cluster which contains some of the intrinsically brightest, most massive stars known. This celestial Tarantula is also seen near the site of the closest recent Supernova .
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