Rapid Expansion Of Wolf-Rayet 140 Dust Shells Captured Via James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals the dynamic nature of the Wolf-Rayet 140 system. Watch as concentric dust shells, formed by the colliding winds of two massive orbiting stars, expand outwards over the course of a year in this breathtaking visualization.

Credit: Space.com | NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI), STScI, J. Depasquale (STScI), E. Lieb (University of Denver), R. Lau (NSF NOIRLab), J. Hoffman (University of Denver) | edited by Steve Spaleta