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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2025 July 21   
        In a starfield a nebula appears that has three main bright regions   
      surrounding a dark central nebula. Please see the explanation for more   
                               detailed information.   
      
                    Cat's Paw Nebula from Webb Space Telescope   
                        Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI   
      
      Explanation: Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified with   
      familiar shapes as perhaps cats are for getting into trouble. Still, no   
      known cat could have created the vast Cat's Paw Nebula visible toward   
      the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). At 5,700 light years   
      distant, Cat's Paw is an emission nebula within a larger molecular   
      cloud. Alternatively known as the Bear Claw Nebula and cataloged as NGC   
      6334, stars nearly ten times the mass of our Sun have been born there   
      in only the past few million years. Pictured here is a recently   
      released image of the Cat's Paw taken in infrared light by the James   
      Webb Space Telescope. This newly detailed view into the nebula helps   
      provide insight for how turbulent molecular clouds turn gas into stars.   
      
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