James Webb telescope peers into 'Eye of God' and finds clues to life's origins

undefined 27, 2026

Source: mos

A new James Webb Space Telescope image of the Helix Nebula (“Eye of God”) shows a dying sunlike star shedding its outer layers, forming a glowing planetary nebula. Webb’s infrared view reveals comet-like knots, gas shells, and chemical zones where carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen are released into space. The scene illustrates how stellar death seeds future stars and planets, and previews the Sun’s fate in about 5 billion years.

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