Overview
- NASA released new near- and mid-infrared images of Nebula PMR 1 captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
- The observations reveal distinct outer and inner regions that record different evolutionary phases of the system.
- A dark vertical feature splitting the nebula is attributed to bipolar outflows that sculpted its present structure.
- Researchers employed NIRCam and MIRI to map gas and dust across wavelengths for compositional and morphological analysis.
- NASA reports the images may capture a late stage of the central star’s life cycle, a developing conclusion pending further analysis.