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Celebrate the JWST's Third Anniversary with This Stunning Image

CAT'S PAW NEBULA, JUL 11 – The space telescope's image reveals multiple star formation stages within the Cat's Paw Nebula, highlighting dense gas clouds and newborn stars, 4,000 light-years away in Scorpius.

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On July 11, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope finished its commissioning and commenced science operations. In the three years since, the powerful infrared space telescope has delivered on its promise. It's looked back in time and surprised us with the galaxies it found. It's directly-imaged exoplanets and studied the atmospheres of others. Among this and all of its other science, it's delivered a stream of stunning images.

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The James-Webb Space Telescope, as Hubble's worthy successor, continues to amaze us with stunning images. To mark its three years spent scrutinizing various secrets of the Cosmos, 1.5 million kilometers from the Earth and on the opposite side of the Sun, the Nasa and ESA us...

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The James Webb Space Telescope has one advantage: it pierces the thick veils of nebula dust. As a third anniversary, scientists have allowed it to exercise this talent on the cat's Patt nebula (NGC 6334). The 6.5 m diameter reflector has been shown to be...

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For its three years in orbit, the Webb Space Telescope offers a spectacular image of the Patte du Chat nebula, 4000 light years away from the Earth.

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