Webb Captures Rarely Seen Prelude to A Supernova
The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star — among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly-detectable stars known — was one of the first observations made by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (Webb). Webb shows the star WR 124 in unprecedented detail with its powerful infrared instruments. The star is 15 000 light-years […]