A Natural Laboratory Of Spiralling Dust Shells

November 26, 2025 Universe Today

A Natural Laboratory Of Spiralling Dust Shells
By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/DmEycXH)

Dust shells like coiled serpents wrap themselves aroud Apep, a triple star system dominated by a pair of Wolf-Rayet stars. The JWST revealed their presence for the first time. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Science: Yinuo Han (Caltech), Ryan White (Macquarie University); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

The JWST has done it again. It's revealed new details hidden from lesser telescopes. The space telescope has detected four spiral dust shells around Apep, a triple star system about 15,000 light-years away.

November 26, 2025 at 11:01PM
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