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The James Webb Space Telescope captured a detailed near-infrared image of the Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357) about 5,500 light-years away, revealing a complex scene of massive stars, molecular gas spikes, and star formation processes within a vast stellar nursery, including a triple star system in the Pismis 24 cluster.
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered water and organic carbon molecules near a massive, active young star in a star-forming region, suggesting that Earth-like exoplanets could form even in harsh environments. The findings dispel concerns that potentially habitable planets could not form close to very massive stars, as the intense ultraviolet radiation produced by these stars was thought to interfere with planet formation. The discovery of favorable conditions for life in such environments is unexpected and exciting, showing that Earth-like planets and the ingredients for life can exist in the harshest environments in our galaxy.