The galaxy continues to amaze us. Indeed, a breathtaking new image of the Tarantula Nebula has been revealed.
The new image of the nebula of the Tarantula is as brilliant as it is breathtaking. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 170,000 light-years from the Terrethe nebula reveals clouds of wispy gas that provide insight into how massive stars shape this region of the galaxy. “These fragments may be the remnants of once larger clouds that have been shredded by the enormous energy released by young, massive stars, a process called feedback”has explained Tony Wonga professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
This shot can therefore change the image we have of the gas in the nebula. Specialists thought that it would be too submerged and that it could disturb gravity to form new stars. However, these new data also show denser filaments where gravity is important. “Our results imply that even in the presence of a very strong feedback, gravity can exert a strong influence and lead to further star formation”said Tony Wong.
This discovery ultimately offers us detailed clues about the behavior of gravity in the star-forming regions of the Tarantula Nebula. Next steps: study this region of the galaxy further and use this information to study other areas of early star formation further out in the Universe.
