Wolf-Rayet Stars
Prelude to a Supernova: The James Webb Captures a Rare Wolf-Rayet Star
Massive stars are sprinters. It might seem counterintuitive that stars 100 or 200 times more massive than our Sun could…
These Bizarre Concentric Rings in Space are Real, Not an Optical Illusion. New Data from JWST Explains What’s Happening
Back in August, an early release image from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed a bizarre sight: as many as…
A new Kind of Supernova has Been Discovered
A new supernova discovery shows that Wolf-Rayet stars explode after all.
Massive Triple Star System Creates this Bizarre Swirling Pinwheel of Dust. And it Could be the Site of a Gamma Ray Burst
An international team of astronomers recently located a triple star system in our galaxy that will someday unleash a massive…
Portrait Of NGC 5189: New Light On An Old Planetary Nebula
Stretching across three light years of space and located about 3,000 light years away in the direction of the constellation…
Stunning New Image of Wolf-Rayet Star and the Carina Nebula
[/caption] Massive stars live fast and die young. But they are also beautiful. This amazingly spectacular new image from ESO…
Extra-Galactic Whopper Black Hole Breaks Distance Record
[/caption] Not only is a newly found black huge, it also is the most far-away stellar-mass black hole ever detected.…