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Space Telescope Science Inst. | 8 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 New images from the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) showcase star-forming region NGC 604, located in the Triangulum galaxy (M33), 2.73 million light-years away from Earth. (1/6)

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 Cavernous bubbles and stretched-out filaments of gas etch a more detailed tapestry of star birth than seen in the past. Sheltered among NGC 604’s dusty envelopes of gas are more than 200 of the hottest, most massive kinds of stars, all in the early stages of their lives. (2/6)