A star on the verge of bursting is seen by the Webb telescope.
March 14, 2023Tweet
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a rare and tumultuous sight
15,000 light-years away from Earth. It captured an image of a Wolf-Rayet
star called WR 124 in the Sagittarius constellation, which is some of
the most luminous and massive stars in the universe. The stars burn
through their fuel over a few hundred thousand years, releasing their
outer layers in rings of gas and dust before exploding in a supernova.
The Webb telescope glimpsed WR 124 during some of its first scientific
observations in June 2022. The new image reveals unprecedented details
in infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye.
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