Cosmo 30 Doradus

A Tarantula web appear as a chaotic mass of silk and a similar region exists in space with a Tarantula like shape in the middle of it all! However, the web is spun to give birth rather than to end life as in the case of our Earth resident Theraphosidae. Several million young stars reside in a region of frenzied star birth known as 30 Doradus. Located 170,000 light-years away in the heart of the Tarantula Nebula, 30 Doradus is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small, satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. It is the brightest star-forming region visible in a neighbouring galaxy, and it is home to the most massive stars ever seen….

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