Waspie_Dwarf Posted January 16, 2018 #1 Share Posted January 16, 2018 What Stars Will Hatch From The Tarantula Nebula? NASA’s Flying Observatory Seeks to Find Out Quote To have a full picture of the lives of massive stars, researchers need to study them in all stages – from when they’re a mass of unformed gas and dust, to their often dynamic end-of-life explosions. NASA's flying telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, is particularly well-suited for studying the pre-natal stage of stellar development in star-forming regions, such as the Tarantula Nebula, a giant mass of gas and dust located within the Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC. Read More: NASA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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