The star, surrounded by a halo of glowing gas and dust, shines at the center of the image. The Wolf-Rayet star observed by Webb is 30 times the mass of our sun, which has a mass of about 333,000 ...

Amateur Stargazers Spot Rare Exploding Star Mobile app lets citizen scientists flag anomalies in space that are hard for computers to detect By Eric Niiler Follow ...

Citizen scientists spot rare exploding star in real-time An 8.5 mag amplitude dwarf nova identified in real time via Kilonova Seekers. Date: July 1, 2025 Source: University of Warwick Summary ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a rare and tumultuous sight 15,000 light-years away from Earth.