Ground Image of Doradus Constellation

Hubble's Festive View of a Grand Star-Forming Region

Just in time for the holidays: a Hubble Space Telescope picture postcard of hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds. The festive portrait is the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood. The massive, young...

Hubble's Grand View of Star Birth

These two images, taken in visible and infrared light by the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveal a massive star cluster nestled in the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood. The massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is...

30 Doradus in Ultraviolet, Visible, and Red Light

30 Doradus in Infrared

Compass and Scale Image for 30 Doradus

Hubble Observes the Large Magellanic Cloud's Star-Forming Region, 30 Doradus

The massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. Many of the stars are among the most massive known....

Ground Image of Large Magellanic Cloud

Ground Image of 30 Doradus Region of LMC

Hubble WFC3 30 Doradus Zoom (Narrated)

The nearest and most opulent stellar factory resides 170,000 light-years away in a turbulent star-birth region called 30 Doradus. Many of the diamond-like blue stars are among the hottest and most massive stars known. The brilliant stars are unleashing a torrent of ultraviolet...

Hubble WFC3 30 Doradus Zoom (Unnarrated)

The nearest and most opulent stellar factory resides 170,000 light-years away in a turbulent star-birth region called 30 Doradus. Many of the diamond-like blue stars are among the hottest and most massive stars known. The brilliant stars are unleashing a torrent of ultraviolet...