The Cat's Paw Nebula is NGC 6334. It got this name because it looks like it was stamped by a cat's paw. It is located in the Scorpius constellation and is 4,000 light-years away from Earth (1 light-year is the distance light travels in one year, approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers). The nebula is a collection of gas and dust existing between stars.
The Cat's Paw Nebula was photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Astronomers can study the process of molecular clouds transforming into stars by observing the Cat's Paw Nebula. Molecular clouds are gas masses made up of various molecules like hydrogen and helium. They could potentially become huge stars in the future.
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