Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Stars . ... Space Flight . ... A young star flees the nest (Image credit: NASA, ESA, ESO et al) . Astronomers in search of really, really big stars look to the Tarantula Nebula. ... This star would fit in perfectly with the stars of the nebula, specially those in the central star cluster, called R136, but it is some 375 light years away. ... This orphaned star will live as fast as it is moving, eventually exploding. ...