<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope collaborated to capture a striking image of two open star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy.</li><li>The image showcases star clusters NGC 460 and NGC 456, revealing bluish gas clouds full of young stars and red dust filaments, depicting the process of star formation.</li><li>Hubble's observations in visible light captured ionized gas bubbles shaped by star radiation, while JWST's infrared observations revealed red dust lanes absorbing starlight, complementing each other's capabilities.</li><li>NGC 460 and NGC 456 are part of the N83-84-85 complex, a nursery of massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, which lacks heavy elements found in larger galaxies like the Milky Way.</li></ul>

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