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Streamed live on Mar 9, 2026.
You think the Sun is a terrifying ball of fire and fury? Wait
until you learn about today’s topic: Wolf-Rayet stars! These are
massive, dying stars hurling their outer layers out into space
before detonating as supernovae. Big stars live brief lives, and
Wolf-Rayet stars are the punctuation mark we see before things go
supernova.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Science: Yinuo Han
(Caltech), Ryan White (Macquarie University); Image Processing:
Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Learn more here:
https://science.nasa.gov/asset/webb/w...
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