The ephemeral configurations of dust and gas in a nearby galaxy glow in a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.
, or Barnard's Galaxy, and at 1.6 million light-years distant, it's the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way that isn't one of its satellites.
It is a small dwarf galaxy, just 7,000 light-years across, and very low in heavy elements, yet most of its stars were born within theThis apparent mismatch of properties makes Barnard's Galaxy an excellent laboratory for studying the evolution of galaxies in the early Universe,That's because all the elements in the Universe heavier than hydrogen and helium have been made by stars.
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