Things just got Messier.⁣ ⁣ A team of astronomers used NASAWebb to survey the starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million light-years away in constellation Ursa Major, the galaxy is relatively compact in size, but is home to a frenzy of star formation activity at a rate 10 times faster than our own Milky Way galaxy.⁣ ⁣ M82 has been observed by both NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and NASAHubble, but Webb’s infrared perspective allows us a closer look at the physical conditions that foster the formation of new stars.⁣ ⁣ Image descriptions:⁣ 1. A section of Messier 82 as imaged by the Webb Telescope. An edge-on spiral starburst galaxy with a bright white, glowing core, set against the black background of space. A white band of the edge-on disk extends from lower left to upper right. Dark brown tendrils of dust are heavily threaded through this band. Many white points in various sizes (stars or star clusters) are scattered across the image, but are most heavily concentrated t...