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I would paint the sky for you.⁣ ⁣ Stars paint the mesmerizing mosaic sky with one of the brightest nebulae, the Orion Nebula.⁣ ⁣ About 1300 light-years from the Earth, the Orion Nebula lies south of Orion’s belt. At just a million years old, this bright young star formation contains thousands of new stars with ranges of masses. They call it mosaic for a reason. This nebula contains a treasure trove of diversity for astronomers which include outflows, embedded protostars, brown dwarfs, free-floating planetary objects, and planet-forming disks around young stars. ⁣ ⁣ NASAWebb's near-infrared camera, NIRCam, captured new imaging of the nebula that was made into some of the largest Webb mosaics observed to date. This image is the long-wavelength color composite, which focuses on the gas, dust, and molecules in the region with unprecedented sensitivity in the thermal infrared.⁣ ⁣ Image description: An image of a young star-forming region filled with wispy purple, green, and red nebulosity. ...

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