Journey to Wolf-Rayet Star VFTS 682 in Nearby Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy FriendsofNASA.org: This sequence starts with a view of the Milky Way galaxy and its two small neighboring galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds. We zoom in towards the Large Magellanic Cloud and focus on the huge star formation region around the Tarantula Nebula. The final sequence shows a very detailed view, captured in visible and infrared light, of the dense star cluster R 136 and the very brilliant, but strangely isolated,

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Zoom into Star Wolf-Rayet 124 | James Webb Space Telescope FriendsofNASA.org: This video takes the viewer on a journey through space to one of Webb’s first observations in 2022, the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124, seen here in unprecedented detail. Despite being the scene of an impending stellar ‘death’, astronomers also look to Wolf-Rayet stars for insights into new beginnings. Cosmic dust is forming in the turbulent nebulas surrounding these stars, dust that is composed of the heavy-element building b