The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed images of a vast celestial curtain of interstellar material illuminated by a shockwave caused by the collapse of a massive star. Only the
About 350 years ago, the collapse of a massive star created a shockwave that punched through the surface of the star. The resulting pulse of x-rays and ultraviolet light traveled outward, reaching a vast curtain of interstellar material. That immense wall of illuminated material has been captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Here’s more from NASA:
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed that infrared glow, revealing fine details resembling the knots and whorls of wood grain. These observations are allowing astronomers to map the true 3D structure of this interstellar dust and gas (known as the interstellar medium) for the first time.
“We were pretty shocked to see this level of detail,” said Jacob Jencson of Caltech/IPAC in Pasadena, principal investigator of the science program.
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