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Scientists marvel at long-awaited Webb photos

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Washington | It could be an Alpine mountain range, set against an inky, star-strewn sky.

But these peaks, described as the “Cosmic Cliffs”, are around 65 trillion kilometres high and sit 7600 light years from Earth in the Carina Nebula, a mysterious star-forming region in the Milky Way.

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