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NASA released a mid-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope showing intricate structures within the Cat's Head Nebula on October 29, 2026. The structures are traced by warm dust and carbon-based molecules excited by starlight. The nebula's cat-head shape was likely sculpted over time by intense ultraviolet radiation and winds from massive stars in the nearby Carina Nebula. The image offers a detailed view of this stellar feedback at work.