New image of the red spider planetary nebula from JWST! #astronomy #space #nasa #science | Astro Alexandra

It literally is, the ultimate, super telescope. 😨 @nasawebb 👏 At the center of the Red Spider Nebula (3 light-years wide (≈28 trillion km / 17 trillion miles) lies a star so hot it reaches nearly 250,000 °C (450,000 °F) — one of the hottest stars ever observed. The intense heat and radiation drive supersonic winds over 6 million mph (10 million km/h), sculpting those blue lobes you see expanding into space. Webb’s infrared eyes now reveal the full structure — a glowing hourglass of gas, bent a