Enormous stars that eventually explode and become supernovas. Neutron stars — objects so dense, one tablespoon of their material would. Jul 12, 2023the new webb image released today features the nearest star-forming region to us.
Its proximity at 390 light-years allows for a highly detailed close-up, with no foreground stars in the. Feb 4, 2025figure a is an annotated version of the image with the stars labeled. Jul 23, 2025discovery of a close companion to the 10th brightest star in our night sky may explain why similar red supergiant stars see changes in their brightness on the scale of many years.
Aug 4, 2021exploding stars generate dramatic light shows. Jun 13, 2024managed by nasa’s jet propulsion laboratory through launch, webb’s mid-infrared instrument also revealed jets of gas flowing into space from the twin stars.