The Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare and fleeting phase of a star on the cusp of death.
The observation was among the first made by Webb following its launch in late 2021. Its infrared eyes observed all the gas and dust flung into space by a huge, hot star 15,000 light-years away. A light-year is about 5.8 trillion miles.
Such a transformation occurs only with some stars and normally is the last step before they explode, going supernova, according to scientists.
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