Webb has captured the haunting “Exposed Cranium” nebula—an otherworldly cloud shaped by a dying star that looks remarkably like a brain inside a skull.

A deep-space photo of the Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini shows a brain-like structure, capturing the supernova remnant IC 443 and surrounding interstellar gas and stars.

According to astronomers, these types of aging stars produce large amounts of cosmic dust and spread it into space.

See amazing imagery of the Carina Nebula as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center astrophysicist Amber Straughn explains. Credit: NASA ...

Take a tour of the amazing Ring Nebula image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Institute for Earth and Space Exploration/JWST Ring Nebula Imaging Project ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals new infrared images of the brain-shaped PMR 1 "Exposed Cranium" nebula, the final ...

A dying star’s final breath creates a haunting, brain-shaped cosmic silhouette.

Under the leadership of Professor Shmuel Bialy, the team used observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to measure infrared radiation from cosmic rays that had penetrated the giant, cold and ...

March evenings offer some of the best observing conditions of the late-winter sky, with the Moon gradually fading from a ...

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The U.S. Postal Service released new Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express stamps this week featuring breathtaking images captured by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) James ...