James Webb telescope captures detailed image of dying star's remnants

futura-sciences.com (French)

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a detailed infrared image of the Helix Nebula, revealing the death of a Sun-like star. The nebula, nicknamed "Sauron's Eye," is a planetary nebula located 650 light-years away. It showcases the final stages of a dying star, similar to our Sun's future. The JWST's image highlights approximately 40,000 dense gas structures, resembling comets, formed by stellar winds interacting with ejected material.


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