The James Webb Space Telescope continues to surprise us with stunning pictures, but of what exactly? Astronomer Nienke van der Marel shows with three images how massive stars lead short but explosive lives.
  • huginn
    5·
    8 months ago

    I wish they had links to the full res in the article. Annoying to have a “stunning image” but it’s only a 1080x1080 jpg

  • chalk46@fedia.io
    3·
    8 months ago

    If it’s not seen as much, that probably means the green material is heavier than iron. It’s less common, but large enough stars can fuse even heavier elements. That’s where all those elements on Earth came from in the first place.