Chamaeleon I molecular cloud, JWST image

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Central region of the Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud. Cloud material (blue, centre) is illuminated by the young, outflowing protostar Ced 110 IRS 4 (orange, upper left). Background stars behind the cloud are seen as orange dots. Different ices in the clouds absorb this starlight as it passes through them. Chamaeleon I is 630 light years from Earth. Image captured by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam).

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Photo credit: © NASA,ESA,CSA and M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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