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James Webb Space Telescope gets to the heart of a smoking starburst galaxy (images)

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James Webb Space Telescope gets to the heart of a smoking starburst galaxy (images)

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has zoomed in to the heart of the Cigar Galaxy, a region of space that is ablaze with an explosive bout of star-birth.

This starburst galaxy, also known as Messier 82 (M82), has a compact but turbulent environment at its core that could give scientists a clearer picture of how stars are born en masse, and how extreme environments shape the galaxies around them.

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