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A gorgeous new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a bustling region of star formation at the distant edge of the Milky Way. Called, dramatically enough, the Extreme Outer Galaxy, this ...
An artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope observing the cosmos 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA-GSFC / Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab) The far outskirts of our galaxy are teeming ...
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 ...
A brand new image snapped by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals the intricate details of the core of the distant "Sombrero Galaxy." This galaxy, officially known as Messier 104 (M104), ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has peered at some very, very distant objects, but despite its name, Webb's latest target is in our own galaxy. The Extreme Outer Galaxy is a dense star-forming region ...
There's a galaxy out there overflowing with star explosions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. After an awe-filled weekend of the ...
The galaxy appears to be losing its gas through a process known as ram pressure stripping. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare alignment between two spiral galaxies. The outer rim of a small, foreground galaxy is silhouetted in front of a larger background galaxy. Skeletal ...
Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine select star-forming areas in the Extreme Outer Galaxy in near- and mid-infrared light. Within this star-forming region, known as Digel ...