Wonder C. The Tarantula Nebula. This nebula — a cloud of cosmic gas lit by nearby stars — lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits our own. Its protean folds of gas give birth to hot blue stars at a prodigious rate. The glowing center is not a single star, but hundreds. The nebula itself is immense. If it were located nearby — about where the nebula in the Orion Constellation is located — it would span half the sky.
What is your response to this gargantuan beauty?
- Awe
- Overwhelm
- Joy
- Puzzlement
- (Your reaction goes here)