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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken

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two new images of the star-forming region NGC 604. 

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Sheltered among these dusty envelopes of gas

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are more than 200 of the hottest,

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most massive kinds of stars, all 
in the early stages of their lives.

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Using Webb’s powerful Near-Infrared Camera,  

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called NIRCam, the most noticeable features

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are tendrils and clumps of bright red emission,

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extending out from areas that look like 
clearings,

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or large bubbles in the nebula.

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Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument, called  MIRI,

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lets us see a new window into the

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diverse and dynamic activity of this 
region.

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In the MIRI view of NGC 604,

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there are noticeably fewer stars.

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This is because hot stars are much fainter at  

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these wavelengths of light,

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while the large clouds of cooler gas and dust glow brightly.

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How stars are born and how they interact with

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their environments are two big questions in

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astronomy today that are actively being studied

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with the Webb telescope. In this new image,

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Webb is showing us parts of the story 
of star formation that we could never  

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see before, revealing more about 
the universe and our place in it.

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