The James Webb Space Telescope snapped a new image of a galaxy 17 million light-years away. And that's exactly what you're seeing here, in this new image from Webb of the galaxy NGC 5068. In fact, NGC 5068 is just one in a series of other galaxies Webb is observing for a project to help us better understand star formation. SchmidtThe James Webb Space Telescope has the advantage of seeing in the infrared. "By observing the formation of stars in nearby galaxies, astronomers hope to kick-start major scientific advances with some of the first available data from Webb," NASA said.

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Persons: James Webb, —, Webb, Lee, That's, Schmidt Organizations: Service, Telescope, Local, NASA, ESA, CSA, Harvard Smithsonian, James Webb Space, JWST Locations: Webb