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Speaking of galaxies like the Milky Way, that wonderful implement known as the James Webb Space Telescope has found another ...

To see that, look no further than the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which recently turned its gaze toward a planetary nebula called NGC 1514. According to NASA ...