Free Astronomy Magazine May-June 2023

36 MAY-JUNE 2023 ASTRO PUBLISHING Intricate networks of gas and dust in nearby galaxies by NASA/ESA/CSA Hannah Braun Christine Pulliam R esearchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are get- ting their first look at star for- mation, gas, and dust in nearby gal- axies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths. The data has enabled an initial collection of 21 research papers which provide new insight into how some of the small-