Tarantula Nebula spins web of mystery in Spitzer image
Monday, January 27, 2020 - 16:21
in Astronomy & Space
The Tarantula Nebula, seen in this image by the Spitzer Space Telescope, was one of the first targets studied by the infrared observatory after its launch in 2003, and the telescope has revisited it many times since. Now that Spitzer is set to be retired on Jan. 30, 2020, scientists have generated a new view of the nebula from Spitzer data.