
Space / 2010-07-06
WISE Spies the Tarantula Nebula
WISE Spies the Tarantula Nebula
NASA's image library records WISE Spies the Tarantula Nebula.
Sending chills down the spine of all arachnophobes is the Tarantula nebula, seen in this image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer; the nebula is the largest star-forming region known in our entire Local Group of galaxies.