PIA23646-TarantulaNebula-PAHs-SpitzerST-20200127

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Tarantula Nebula - PAHs - Spitzer Space Telescope - January 27, 2020 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA23647 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7584& This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in three wavelengths of infrared light, each represented by a different color. The magenta-colored regions are dust composed of molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are also found in ash from coal, wood and oil fires on Earth. PAHs emit in multiple wavelengths. The PAHs emit in multiple wavelengths, so the mage