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Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.com

This is stellar nursery N159, a region of star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud, by JWST. Its colours are seasonally appropriate, as is the fact that with so many stars forming here, and thus so many planets, *one* of them is bound to develop some sort of cosmic horror on it.

Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.com

This image spans about 230 lightyears across. N159 (also known as LHA 120-N 159) is around 161,000 lightyears away. There are fewer building blocks for stars and planets here (they are less "metal" rich), and the region is only about 3 million years old. Read more: esawebb.org/images/potm2...

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