... 30 Doradus: The Tarantula Nebula . ... Neptune is the eighth most distant planet from the Sun, thirty times the Earth-Sun distance. ... The Magnetic Carpet Of The Sun . ... Its visible surface appears to be carpeted with tens of thousands of magnetic north and south poles joined by looping field lines which extend outward into the Solar Corona. ... NGC 2261: Hubbles Variable Nebula . ... Earth's North Magnetic Pole . ... A magnetic compass does not point toward the true North Pole of the Earth. ...