10.26188/5cd25c8a7bacb Lyle Winton Lyle Winton heic1105a.jpg The University of Melbourne 2019 Hubble Space Telescope. Galactic Astronomy 2019-05-08 04:39:59 Figure https://melbourne.figshare.com/articles/figure/heic1105a_jpg/8093207 Hubble has taken this stunning close-up shot of part of the Tarantula Nebula. This star-forming region of ionised hydrogen gas is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy which neighbours the Milky Way. It is home to many extreme conditions including supernova remnants and the heaviest star ever found. The Tarantula Nebula is the most luminous nebula of its type in the local Universe.