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NEW JWST IMAGE shows SEVENTEEN carbon dust shells around a binary star system
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NEW JWST IMAGE shows SEVENTEEN carbon dust shells around a binary star system
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What's a carbon dust shell and why's that cool?
@cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca A carbon dust shell is a layer of carbon-rich material expelled from a star in it's later stages of life in which a star ejects these shells due to stellar instability since they are the lighter, outer elements of a star.
It's cool because JWST could even resolve detail like that!! We can also learn more about the carbon chemistry of the system, binary dynamics, and the history of the system :D
Thank you :)
It can resolve that, but can't see the secret Nazi bases on the moon? Must be fake.
(I'm joking - this is awesome)
Ooh, I guess it can discern surface of close stars as well? Like, the betelgeuse image but in better resolution.