Webb telescope spots a star on the brink of exploding.
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a rare and tumultuous sight 15,000 light-years away from Earth.
The space observatory captured a scintillating image of a Wolf-Rayet star called WR 124 in the Sagittarius constellation.
Wolf-Rayet stars are some of the most luminous and massive stars in the universe.
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Some stars briefly become a Wolf-Rayet before they explode in a supernova, so it’s rare for astronomers to spot them.
The big, bright stars burn through their fuel, like hydrogen over a few hundred thousand years — which is a short time, astronomically speaking.
The stars release their outer layers in rings of gas and dust.
Then, they explode.
The Webb telescope glimpsed WR 124 during some of its first scientific observations in June 2022.
The new image, released by NASA on Tuesday at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, reveals unprecedented details in infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye.
Foreign Telescope spots a star on the brink of Exploding the James Webb Space Telescope Has spotted a rare and tumultuous site 15 000 light years away from Earth the Space Observatory captured a Scintillating image of a wolf Riot star Called WR 124 in the Sagittarius Constellation wolf rayet stars are some Of the most luminous and massive stars In the universe to stay up to date with Latest top stories make sure to Subscribe to this YouTube channel by Clicking the button above this video Some Stars briefly become a wolf Riot Before they explode in a supernova so It's rare for astronomers to spot them The Big Bright Stars Burn through their Fuel like hydrogen over a few hundred Thousand years which is a short time Astronomically speaking the Stars Release their outer layers and rings of Gas and dust then they explode the web Telescope Glimpse Wr-124 during some of its first Scientific observations in June 2022 the New image released by NASA on Tuesday at The South by Southwest Conference Austin Texas reveals unprecedented details in Infrared light which is invisible to the Human eye the star surrounded by a Halo Of glowing gas and dust shines at the Center of the image the Wolf rayet star Observed by Webb is 30 times the mass of
Our sun which has a mass of about 333 000 Earths so far WR 124 has shed about 10 Suns worth of material creating the Cool glowing gas and Cosmic dust seen in The image on Earth dust is regarded as An annoyance that needs to be cleaned up But Cosmic dust Across the Universe Swirls together with gas to form stars Planets and the Very building blocks of Life astronomers are trying to Understand why there is more dust in the Universe than their theories can explain And tools like the web telescope could Shed new light on this astronomical Ingredient The Observatory can both see And see through dust using its Observational capabilities in infrared Wavelengths of light including the Brightness of the Wr-124 star the details of the gas Surrounding it and the lumpy structure Of the ejected stuller material in the Halo studying stars like WR 124 with web Helps astronomers understand what Happened in the early days of the Universe when dying Stars exploded and Released heavy elements that ended up on Earth and inside our own bodies at the End of a star's life they shed their Outer layers out into the rest of the Universe said Dr Amber strogan Astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard space Flight center and Deputy project Scientist for the web telescope science
Communications at the conference I think This is one of the most beautiful Concepts in all of astronomy this is Carl Sagan's Stardust concept the fact That the iron in your blood and the Calcium in your bones was literally Forged inside of a star that exploded Billions of years ago and that's what We're seeing in this new image that dust Is spreading out into the cosmos and Will eventually create planets and this Is how we got here in fact Foreign
