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Twelve million light years away, the Cigar Galaxy is forming new stars ten times faster than the Milky Way, with the James Webb Space Telescope counting 16.5 million of its stars. The cause behind the Cigar Galaxy’s rapid star formation has yet to be determined.
Twelve million light years away, a galaxy is living fast and burning bright, forging new stars ten times quicker than our own Milky Way in a frenzy that cannot possibly last. Now the James Webb Space Telescope has cut clean through its veil of dust to count an astonishing 16.5 million of its stars, one by one. So what is driving the Cigar Galaxy to burn so furiously?
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