Astronomers using JWST have captured the clearest view yet of a doomed red supergiant star just before it exploded, solving a decades-old mystery about why such stars rarely appear to go supernova.

JWST spots dust-cloaked 'red supergiant' star just before it went supernova

Source: space
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