Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted near- and mid-infrared observations of an extremely metal-poor blue compact dwarf galaxy known as I Zwicky 18.
Astronomers explore stellar populations of an extremely metal-poor dwarf galaxy retrieved 21 March 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-03-astronomers-explore-stellar-populations-extremely.html
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