Zoom into Star Wolf-Rayet 124 | James Webb Space Telescope

Zoom into Star Wolf-Rayet 124 | James Webb Space Telescope

This video takes the viewer on a journey through space to one of Webb’s first observations in 2022, the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124, seen here in unprecedented detail.

Despite being the scene of an impending stellar ‘death’, astronomers also look to Wolf-Rayet stars for insights into new beginnings. Cosmic dust is forming in the turbulent nebulas surrounding these stars, dust that is composed of the heavy-element building blocks of the modern Universe, including life on Earth.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, DSS, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb), E. Slawik, N. Risinger, D. de Martin (ESA/Webb), M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) 

Duration: 30 seconds

Release Date: March 14, 2023

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