Cosmic Cliffs - Panorama Print These arms serve an important

These arms serve an important purpose in spiral galaxies

the pictured structure resides in a tempestuous stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula

ultraviolet radiation

nascent stars

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Cosmic Cliffs - Panorama Print These arms serve an importantWhat looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth. Called the Cosmic Cliffs, the region is actually the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within NGC 3324, roughly 7,600 light years away. The