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Webb Captures Turbulent Star-Forming Region

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 28 October 2026, 15:33 UTC ·10 sec listen

The James Webb Space Telescope captured N159, a dense, turbulent star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 161,000 light-years away. The galaxy orbits the Milky Way and has lower levels of heavy elements than our galaxy.

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