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NASA's JWST Unveils Dual Wolf-Rayet Stars' Spiral Shells
11/22/2025
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- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images reveal four spiraling dust shells around two Wolf-Rayet stars in the Apep system, about 8,000 light-years from Earth.
- Previous observations showed only one shell.
- A third supergiant star, 40 to 50 solar masses, has been confirmed in the Apep system.
- Apep is the only known system with two Wolf-Rayet stars in close orbit.
