James Webb trains its sights on the Extreme Outer Galaxy
A gorgeous new image from the James Webb Space Telescope show a bustling realm of star formation at the distant edge of the Milky Way . Called , dramatically enough , the Extreme Outer Galaxy , this part is located 58,000 light - years away from thecenter of the galaxy , which is more than twice the distance from the center than Earth is . scientist were capable to apply Webb ’s NIRCam ( Near - Infrared Camera ) and MIRI ( Mid - Infrared Instrument ) instruments to capture the region in sparkling point , record molecular clouds called Digel Clouds 1 and 2 containing chunk of hydrogen , which enables the formation of new stars ....