JWST paints the Exposed Cranium Nebula in unprecedented detail
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released two high‑resolution infrared images of the Exposed Cranium Nebula (PMR 1) using NIRCam and MIRI, revealing a brain‑like dark lane and distinct outer shell as a dying star sheds its layers; the two portraits—one from NIRCam and one from MIRI—show different internal details and illustrate Webb’s leap in resolution since the 2013 Spitzer image, while the star’s mass remains uncertain and its ultimate fate could be a supernova or a cooling white dwarf.