Stars like our Sun turn into red giants as they run out of hydrogen to fuse at their core. As the star continues to age, it will blow out its outer layers until the only thing that remains is an exposed core, a white dwarf. Before getting to the white dwarf state, Sun-sized stars can form beautiful nebulae, and among the most stunning is the Red Spider nebula. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The Red Spider nebula is located about 3,000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. In optical light, the nebula shines in reddish light as the name suggests, with its central star showing off in blue. In infrared light, the domain of JWST , we see much more of the structure of this object, with the tenuous gas fila

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