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“Last Light” | Source: ESA / NASA / CSA / James Webb Space Telescope

$49.95

A dying star’s final performance—its outer layers cast into space, glowing briefly as the core fades, leaving behind a luminous echo of everything it once was.

A dying star’s final performance—its outer layers cast into space, glowing briefly as the core fades, leaving behind a luminous echo of everything it once was.

    • Object: Ring Nebula (Messier 57)

    • Type: Planetary nebula

    • Distance from Earth: ~2,300 light-years

    • What You’re Seeing: A star shedding its outer layers after running out of nuclear fuel

    • Instrument: JWST NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera)

    • Key Detail: Over 20,000 dense globules rich in molecular hydrogen embedded in the nebula

    • Composition Highlight: Carbon-based molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) form a thin glowing ring

    • Temperature Contrast: Extremely hot gas near the center, cooler structured filaments outward

    • Why It’s Wild: This is the Sun’s likely fate—about 5 billion years from now

    • Why It Matters: Shows how stars recycle material back into space to form future stars and planets

    • 🐾 Feline Perspective: “Last Light”? Good. I see better in the dark anyway. Look out mice!

    • Approx. 23”W x 18.5”H

    • Large format, vibrant, high-quality print on durable, semi-rigid thermoplastic.

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