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NASA's Webb Telescope Captures the Dust Clouds of Apep, Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos

James Webb imaged Apep, a triple-star Wolf-Rayet system with coiled dust shells; a third supergiant creates V-shaped holes in 700-year-old shells.

James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images of dying Wolf-Rayet stars and their surrounding cosmic dust.

Wolf-Rayet stars, first identified in the 1800s, are characterized by unusual emission lines and continuous high-velocity gas ejection.

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