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Spectacular Webb telescope image shows a stellar death like never before


What does the Southern Ring Nebula tell us about the sun's eventual end?

For the past six months since Webb launched into space, NASA has promised this telescope would crack the universe wide open with its penetrating vision and science capabilities, bringing humankind in on secrets of how it all began. The European Space Agency released the highest resolution image of the sun and its corona ever taken in March 2022.Credit: ESA / NASA / Solar Orbiter / EUI Team / Data Processing: E. Kraaikamp (ROB) The sun is halfway to the Southern Ring's fate, said Paul Sutter, research professor at Stony Brook University and author of How to Die in Space.

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