@cosmoverge: Journey Into the Cigar Galaxy — M82 Take a journey into Messier 82 — the Cigar Galaxy. 🌌 Located about 12 million light-years from Earth, M82 is a powerful starburst galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. Stars are forming here at a rate about 10 times faster than in the Milky Way. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers can distinguish approximately 16.5 million individual stars within M82, revealing this extraordinary galaxy in stunning detail. The deeper we zoom into space, the more incredible the universe becomes. ✨ #JamesWebb #space #Astronomy #universe #Astronomy