Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 light-years away from the Galactic Center. (For comparison, Earth is approximately 26,000 light-years from the center.) A team of scientists used Webb’s NIRCam […]
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Astrophysics, Goddard Space Flight Center, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Protostars, Science & Research, Star Clusters, Star-forming Nebulae, Stars, The Milky Way, The Universe
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September 12, 2024
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