Webb captures rarely seen prelude to a supernova

Wolf-Rayet 124 (NIRCam and MIRI composite image)

A Wolf-Rayet star is a rare prelude to the famous final act of a massive star: the supernova. As one of its first observations in 2022, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 in unprecedented detail.

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