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January 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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RS Puppis.
At a distance of 6,000 light-years, the Cepheid variable star was observed by Hubble and is one of the biggest and brightest known Cepheids in the Milky Way galaxy.
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January 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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This image from Webb's NIRCam shows a portion of the Leo P dwarf galaxy! A team of scientists collected data from 15,000 stars in Leo P and determined that it went through three phases of star formation: an initial burst, & a pause.

Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/K. McQuinn/J. DePasquale
January 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM