New Views of Galaxy Messier 82 in Ursa Major | James Webb Space Telescope FriendsofNASA.org: This video showcases two new Webb views of M82. It is located just 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Despite being smaller than the Milky Way, M82 is five times as luminous as our home galaxy and forms stars ten times faster. M82 is classified as a starburst galaxy because it is forming new stars at a rate much faster than expected for a galaxy of its mass, especially at its ce

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The Shape of Ursa Major in Three Dimensions FriendsofNASA.org: This visualization reveals the stars of the Ursa Major constellation in three dimensions. Watch as the familiar pattern on the sky distorts into a whole new perspective. At the start of the sequence, the camera pans upward to the asterism known as the "Big Dipper". Five of these seven stars—Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Phecda and Merak—have similar speed and motion across the sky, and belong to the Ursa Major Moving Group. The camera then