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Webb Images Extremely Metal-Poor, Star-Forming, Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy


Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured a spectacular image of I Zwicky 18 (I Zw 18 for short), the archetypal extremely metal-poor, star-forming, blue compact dwarf galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major.

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