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30 Doradus is a place where stars are born literally. This region, which is also known
as the Tarantula Nebula, is located about 160,000 light years from Earth. Within 30
Doradus, giant stars are producing intense radiation and powerful winds that are blowing
off material from their surfaces. These stellar winds and blasts from supernova explosions
have heated some of the gas to millions of degrees. The Chandra X-ray Observatory can
detect this gas in the form of X-ray light. This hot gas carves out gigantic bubbles in
the surrounding cooler gas and dust that can be seen by the Spitzer Space Telescope as
infrared emission. When combined, the data from these two telescopes reveal an amazing
view of this region that is found in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighbor galaxy
to our Milky Way