Image of Stellar Nursery NGC 1333 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Image of Stellar Nursery NGC 1333

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Scientists will use Webb to search the nearby stellar nursery NGC 1333 for its smallest, faintest residents. It is an ideal place to look for very dim, free-floating objects, including those with planetary masses.

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Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. A. Gutermuth (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA)

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