Mosaic of 1,500 Images Highlights Glowing Gas Clouds (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Mosaic of 1,500 Images Highlights Glowing Gas Clouds

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This mosaic of 1,500 images highlights glowing gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits our own. Fermi sees gamma-ray emission from the large, prolific star-forming region known as 30 Doradus (center left).

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C. Smith, S. Points, the MCELS Team and NOAO/AURA/NSF

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