April 7
30 Doradus Nebula
Observed in 2013
This is a close-up view of a star-birth region called the 30 Doradus Nebula. The giant stellar factory lies 170,000 light-years away inside a nearby galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud. The image reveals glowing clouds of hydrogen and dark filamentary structures of dust.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope