Latest Webb Telescope images gives a look at stars being born in the Virgo constellation
There isn't one specific breakthrough finding in this image; instead, NASA notes that this is part of a wider effort to collect as many images of star formation from nearby galaxies as it can. NASA pointed to another few images as other"gems" from its collection of star births, includingthat was shown off last summer.
As for what the agency hopes to learn? Simply that star formation"underpins so many fields in astronomy, from the physics of the tenuous plasma that lies between stars to the evolution of entire galaxies." NASA goes on to say that it hopes the data being gathered of galaxies like NGC 5068 can help to"kick-start" major scientific advances, though what those might be remains a mystery.
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