Summary
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured new images of a nebula called PMR 1, which looks like a cosmic brain. The pictures show the nebula's unique features and offer insights into the life cycle of dying stars.
Key Facts
- NASA used the James Webb Space Telescope to photograph a nebula named PMR 1.
- The nebula, also called the "Exposed Cranium," looks like a brain due to its design.
- PMR 1 is approximately 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Vela.
- The images reveal an outer shell mostly made of hydrogen and an inner cloud of mixed gases.
- The dark line in the nebula may be due to activity from the central star.
- NASA is unsure if the central star will become a white dwarf or explode as a supernova.
- A past NASA telescope, Spitzer, first noticed this nebula using infrared light.
