OUTER SPACE NGC 604 - 26 February 2024 - This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of star-forming region NGC

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OUTER SPACE NGC 604 - 26 February 2024 - This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of star-forming region NGC 604 shows how stellar winds from bright, hot young stars carve out cavities in surrounding gas and dust. The bright orange streaks in this image signify the presence of carbon-based molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. As you travel further from the immediate cavities of dust where the star is forming, the deeper red signifies molecular hydrogen. This cooler gas is a prime environment for star formation. Ionized hydrogen from ultraviolet radiation from appears as a white and blue ghostly glow. NGC 604 is located in the Triangulum galaxy (M33), million light-years away from Earth. It provides an opportunity for astronomers to study a high concentration of very young, massive stars in a nearby region - Photo: Geopix/NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI

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