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Webb Maps 16.5 Million Stars in the Cigar Galaxy, Tracing Its Starburst History

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Source: NASA Science (.gov)
Webb Maps 16.5 Million Stars in the Cigar Galaxy, Tracing Its Starburst History
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed about 16.5 million individual stars in edge-on Messier 82 (the Cigar Galaxy) by peering through dust, mapping its distended disk and a rapid, merger-driven starburst. The Webb data, complemented by Hubble observations, help researchers probe how star formation and outflows have shaped M82 over the past few hundred million years.

Topics:sciencespace#cigar-galaxy#galaxy-evolution#james-webb-space-telescope#messier-82#space#star-formation
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  1. NASA’s Webb Pinpoints Millions of Stars Within Cigar Galaxy  NASA Science (.gov)
  2. M82 Cigar Galaxy (Webb + Hubble Fade)  NASA Science (.gov)

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