A deep field image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI | mash mix: Space.com Music: Tranquil Dawn by Amber Glow / courtesy of

The James Webb Space Telescope has recorded spectacular images of star formation in the extreme outer reaches of the Milky Way. Here's a look.

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NASA announced on September 18 their James Webb Space Telescope had captured another collision between two galaxies. The region of space is called Arp 107, the image shows an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy in the middle of merging hundreds of millions of years ago.