Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed across the universe. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has examined one ongoing source of carbon-rich dust in our own Milky Way galaxy in greater detail: Wolf-Rayet 140, a system of two massive stars that follow […]
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Astrophysics, Binary Stars, Goddard Space Flight Center, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Nebulae, Science & Research, Stars, The Milky Way, The Universe
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January 13, 2025
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