Sparkler galaxy infographic (IMAGE)

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Sparkler galaxy infographic

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The researchers studied the Sparkler galaxy located in Webb’s First Deep Field and used JWST to determine that five of the sparkling objects around it are globular clusters.

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Canadian Space Agency with images from NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Mowla, Iyer et al. 2022

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