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James Webb telescope spies 2 stars in ‘serpent god of destruction’ system hurling their blazing guts at each other

James Webb telescope spies 2 stars in ‘serpent god of destruction’ system hurling their blazing guts at each other

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of two dying stars wreathed in a spiral of dust. The highly rare star system is located some 8,000 light-years from Earth, within our Milky Way galaxy. Upon its discovery in 2018, it was nicknamed Apep, after the ancient Egyptian serpent god of chaos and destruction, as its writhing …

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