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The Outer Reaches of the Milky Way are Full of Stars, and the JWST is Observing Them


's outer reaches are coming into view thanks to the JWST. Astronomers pointed the powerful space telescope to a region over 58,000 light-years away called the Extreme Outer Galaxy (EOG).

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