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James Webb Space Telescope learns how a cosmic phoenix cools off to birth stars

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How do you cool down a phoenix? I don’t mean the mythological birds of flame and rebirth, but…

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The Phoenix Galaxy Cluster | NASA Webb Telescope & Chandra X-ray Observatory

The Phoenix Galaxy Cluster | NASA Webb Telescope & Chandra X-ray ObservatoryThis image of the Phoenix cluster combines data from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope. It shows how the supermassive black hole at the center promotes large amounts of star formation, instead of hindering it. The Phoenix Cluster (S…

James Webb Space Telescope learns how a cosmic phoenix cools off to birth stars

Like its mythological namesake, the Phoenix Cluster burns with blisteringly hot gas, which cools to birth stars. The James Webb Space Telescope has now learned how this galaxy cluster does it.

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