<ul><li>NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided a new high-definition view of the 'Cosmic Tornado,' Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50)</li><li>HH 49/50 is located approximately 625 light-years away in the Chamaeleon constellation and is a protostar formation that exhibits a funnel shape</li><li>JWST's observations have revealed that the bright dot at the upper tip of HH 49/50 is a distant spiral galaxy located in a 'sea of distant background galaxies'</li><li>HH 49/50's jetstream speeds suggest that the energy plumes will likely eventually obscure the spiral galaxy in a few thousand years</li></ul>

JWST spots an energetic ‘Cosmic Tornado’ 625 light-years away

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