Nasa Webb telescope captures star on cusp of death

The Hubble Space Telescope snapped a shot of the same transitioning star a few decades ago, but it appeared more like a fireball without the delicate details.

This image provided by Nasa shows the star Wolf-Rayet 124, centre, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022 (Nasa, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team via AP)

The Webb Space Telescope has captured the rare and fleeting phase of a star on the cusp of death.

Nasa released the picture on Tuesday at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.