# Glowing 'cauldron' of new stars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 26, 2026

Glowing 'cauldron' of new stars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 26, 2026

via [Space.com](https://www.space.com/astronomy/glowing-cauldron-of-new-stars-space-photo-of-the-day-for-oct-26-2026)

Webb's new view of N159, a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud 161,000 light-years away, spans a swath 230 light-years wide. Glowing blue clouds of ionized hydrogen fill the center, threaded with filaments of reddish molecular hydrogen that hide young stars. The Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, close enough that Webb can resolve this much detail.

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