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The stunning image that Webb produced shows newly formed stars in the outer galaxy emitting jets of material in all directions, set against a backdrop of a sea of galaxies and red clouds of gas.

This unprecedented detail highlights the dynamic process and provides new data on the formation and evolution of stars at the outer edges of our galaxy. Since its launch, the James Webb Space ...

Astronomers pointed the powerful James Webb Space Telescope at a distant zone dubbed the "Extreme Outer Galaxy," and zoomed in on dense cosmic clouds containing clusters of stars. In unprecedented ...

Astronomers have a long tradition of finding holiday cheer in outer space ... Underlying the Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster was a detection by astronomers of 14 stars that flicker over days ...

Researchers at the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) made the discovery about galaxies by studying ...

“Our galaxy and Andromeda are both so big, there’s hardly any space between the two galaxies ... “The halo is the hardest part to study because the outer limits are so far away,” GuhaThakurta said.

“Our galaxy and Andromeda are both so big, there’s hardly any space between ... because the outer limits are so far away,” GuhaThakurta said in the release. “The stars are very sparse ...

In space, some galaxies apparently recycle without any signs to remind them. At least one galaxy isn’t letting materials that could form potential stars go ... blows away its outer layers.