... Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula . ... The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies lays in our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Were the Tarantula Nebula at the distance of the Orion Nebula -- a local star forming region -- it would take up fully half the sky. A Red Dome Under the Big Dipper . ... Why would the dome of a telescopic observatory appear translucent red? ... Cluster Crash Illuminates Dark Matter Conundrum . ...