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NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope is living up to the hype.
Since its first photos dropped in July, the hotly-anticipated orbital observatory has shown the world stunning looks of faraway galaxies, twinkling star nurseries, dying stars, and once-hidden black holes. The latest official photo is no exception.
On Tuesday, the European Space Agency (one of NASA’s partners for the Webb mission) released an image of a rare ring galaxy, dubbed the Cartwheel Galaxy, taken by Webb. The pic revealed stunning details about the celestial body’s central black hole and the stars being born inside of it.
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