NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a rare moment of a star on the brink of “death.”
Wolf-Rayet Star 124
Wolf-Rayet Star 124, in the middle, radiates a large flow of matter, which would be the last stage before its explosion. The photo was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022 but has just been published. (Photo: NASA/AP).
The photo was released by NASA on March 14 at South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas (United States), AP reported.
This is one of the first observations made by the James Webb Telescope after its launch into space in late 2021. The telescope’s infrared eye observed all the gas and dust produced by a giant, hot star, 15 000 years of Earth, light radiates into space.
The layer of material shimmers with pink and purple colors like cherry blossoms. Part of it once constituted the outer envelope of the star.
A few decades ago, the Hubble Space Telescope also took an image of the star above, but in this image it looks like a fireball and doesn’t have delicate details like the new photo.
According to scientists, such changes only occur with certain stars and are usually in the final stages before they explode, becoming supernovas.
“We’ve never seen this before.” Macarena Garcia Marin, a scientist at the European Space Agency, who participated in the project, said.
According to NASĄ, this star is clear Sagittariuswhose official name is WR 124is 30 times larger than the Sun and has emitted enough material to create 10 Suns.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a rare moment of a star on the brink of “death.”
