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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured unprecedented images of star formation in the remote outskirts of the Milky Way, an area known as the Extreme Outer Galaxy. This region, located more than 58,000 light-years from the Galactic Center, offers scientists a rare glimpse into star-forming environments that resemble the early days of our galaxy. Exploring the Digel CloudsWebb’s latest observations focused on two massive molecular clouds, Digel Clouds 1 and 2, which are home to several star clusters currently undergoing intense star formation. These clouds, relatively poor in elements he…