The unique system features two rare Wolf-Rayet stars, and a supergiant companion that is interrupting the flow of the dust shells that the two Wolf-Rayet stars cast off.https://www.space.com/astronomy/james-webb-space-telescope/james-webb-space-telescope-captures-one-of-a-kind-triple-star-system-that-looks-like-a-cosmic-embryo-image
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Some serious chaotic energy…
Webb refined our view of a star system called Apep, named after the Egyptian god of chaos. Apep was thought to consist solely of two Wolf-Rayet stars, which are a rare class of massive, evolved, luminous stars. Only 1000 are estimated to exist in our galaxy, out of hund... View More
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
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