... Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula . ... The Tarantula Nebula is a giant emission nebula within our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud. ... The center of the Andromeda galaxy is beautiful but strange. ... In the center of a swirling whirlpool of hot gas is likely a beast that has never been seen directly: a black hole. ... Big Beautiful Saturn . ... As a present to APOD readers, digital imager Mattias Malmer offers a very high resolution view of big beautiful Saturn. ... Titan Disguised . ...