James Webb Telescope Captures Rare Supernova of Dying Star
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a rare Wolf-Rayet star, 30 times the mass of our Sun, that has entered the final stage of its life prior to exploding in a spectacular supernova. The star will eject a colossal amount of material, responsible for creating the spectacular cosmic cloud seen in the new composite image surrounding the bright central star. Astronomers estimate that WR 124 has already cast off the equivalent of 10 Suns worth of mass from its outer layers.