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A deep field image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and ...

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Astronomers from South Africa have conducted multi-band observations of a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy known as UGCA 320.

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