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fromColossal
1 day ago

NASA's Webb Telescope Captures the Dust Clouds of Apep, Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos

James Webb imaged Apep, a triple-star Wolf-Rayet system with coiled dust shells; a third supergiant creates V-shaped holes in 700-year-old shells.
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fromArs Technica
4 months ago

Tuesday Telescope: A howling wolf in the night sky

Wolf-Rayet stars, first identified in the 1800s, are characterized by unusual emission lines and continuous high-velocity gas ejection.
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