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Prelude to a supernova💥
@NASAWebb catches the rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous and most briefly detectable stars known. The star, 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, is destined to explode. http://go.nasa.gov/3YL5D6I
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Rarely Seen Prelude to Supernova

The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars known – was one of the first observations made by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022.
Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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