Webb Captures Brain-Like Nebula Formed by a Dying Star

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured infrared images of the PMR 1 nebula, nicknamed Exposed Cranium, surrounding a dying star and resembling a brain inside a transparent skull. Webb’s data reveal an outer hydrogen-rich shell and a darker central lane likely carved by material jets from the star, offering a rare look at a short-lived phase as the star sheds its layers before either becoming a white dwarf or ending in a supernova, depending on its mass.