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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science

Eyewitness: Cradle of half a million stars

30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is part of the Tarantula nebula
An image from the Hubble space telescope of a region called 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is part of the Tarantula nebula, 170,000 light years from Earth. The area shown here is 650 light years across and home to half a million stars, some of which are 100 times bigger than our Sun
Illustration: Photograph: Nasa
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