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NASA's Webb Captures Dying Star's Final 'Performance' in Fine Detail

Release date: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 11:01:00 AM EDT

The second star in the Southern Ring Nebula comes into full view, along with exceptional structures

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has cast the Southern Ring Nebula in an entirely new light. By observing the nebula in mid-infrared wavelengths, Webb has unveiled the second, dusty star at the center of the nebula in far more detail. The star closely orbits its companion as it periodically ejects layers of gas and dust. Together, the swirling duo have created a fantastic landscape of asymmetrical shells. Webb's near-infrared light image hones in on "spotlights" from the stars, where light travels through holes in the nebula's dusty ejections.

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