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NASA Studies Star Clusters with Webb Telescope

Updated 2026-05-23 23:35 UTC 1 source Neutral

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has released new images and data from a study of nearly 9,000 star clusters in four nearby galaxies. The findings show that more massive star clusters tend to form earlier.

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This near-infrared image released on May 6, 2026, shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51). M51 is one of four nearby galaxies observed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in a study of nearly 9,000 star clusters. Data from the study shows that more massive star clusters
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