James Webb Telescope Unveils Unprecedented Details of Dying Star's Nebula

Ghostly Rings of Dying Star Captured in Never-Before-Seen Detail by JWST

NGC 1514 is a planetary nebula about 1500 light-years away. William Herschel discovered it in 1790, and its discovery made him rethink the nature of nebulae.It's been imaged many times by modern telescopes, and each time a more capable one revisits it, astronomers learn more about it. The JWST is the latest to observe the curious nebula, and its observations help explain the unusual object. In 1790, NGC 1514 looked different from other patch…

Cosmic Castaways: Webb Unveils the Flame Nebula’s Smallest “Almost-Stars”

New population census answers the question: How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a well-studied region where new stars are born. Telescopes like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have observed it for years, but the smallest stars hidden deep within its [...]

The planetary nebula has been studied by astronomers since the late 17th century. It lies in the constellation Taurus, about 1,500 light-years from Earth.

NASA's Webb Telescope Releases Clearest Pictures Of Dying Stars

NASA has released some stunning images of dying stars, offering the most in-depth view of the planetary nebula NGC 1514 to date.

Incredible Photo of a Dying Star Shows How Far Telescopes Have Come

The James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) new mid-infrared image of the planetary nebula NGC 1514, which shows a dying heart at its center ejecting vast quantities of gas and dust, is spectacular in itself. It's also an incredible example of how far space telescope imaging technology has come compared to the same object imaged by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) in 2010.

Dying star's "previously unseen layers" visible in new Webb space telescope image

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has given astronomers a detailed, never-before-seen look at a dying star.