LAT image of Star-Forming Region in 30 Doradus (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

LAT image of Star-Forming Region in 30 Doradus

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Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) shows that an intense star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud named 30 Doradus is also a source of diffuse gamma rays. Brighter colors indicate larger numbers of detected gamma rays.

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NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration

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