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Robert Lea

James Webb Space Telescope captures vibrant details of the Milky Way's galactic neighbor (photo)

A dense field of stars and dust in NGC 6822 seen by the James Webb Space Telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has imaged a galaxy neighboring the Milky Way in stunning detail. 

Located around 1.5 million light-years away from Earth, the irregular-shaped galaxy, NGC 6822, is the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbor — barring some small satellite galaxies, such as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, that lie in its close orbit.

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