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WISE Spies the Tarantula Nebula
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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.

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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.

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NASA Image and Video LibraryWISE Spies the Tarantula Nebula

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