Watch as the most detailed infrared view of the Helix Nebula taken to date—from the James Webb Space Telescope—is put into context using the famous visible light image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Webb zooms into a small section of the shells of gas cast off by a dying star, revealing pillars that look like comets with extended tails. The retired Spitzer Space Telescope’s studies of the Helix Nebula, also seen here in infrared light, hinted at the formation of more complex molecules, but Web

A stunning new look into the "Eye of God" 👁️🌌 The James Webb Space Telescope just delivered our deepest, most detailed view yet of the Helix Nebula—a glowing shell of gas and dust located 650 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. What you're seeing is the aftermath of a Sun-like star’s final breath. At the center lies a white dwarf, the star’s collapsed core, while violent streams of hot gas ripple outward, colliding with colder material ejected earlier in its life. Webb's infrared v