NASA Shares Dazzling Images of a Cosmic "Space Tarantula"

A "space tarantula" may sound like a fearsome Star Wars character or an unlikely ally from Rick and Morty, but it's a real thing -- and NASA has just revealed images of one that were captured by the James Webb Telescope. Stretching 340 light-years across, the "space tarantula" is a star-forming region dubbed Tarantula Nebula that consists of tens of thousands of young stars and was previously not visible due to older telescopes like the Hubble being unable to penetrate its shroud of cosmic dust....