JWST First Stunning Image of Cassiopeia A, Fragments of a Hellish Explosion
BY COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES STAFF WRITER
To gaze at the stars is human. To be able to see them in three-dimensional detail is very nearly divine.
Divine vision is what the James Webb Space Telescope has granted earthbound scientists in a new near-infrared, detailed image of Cassiopeia A (Cas A), a stellar remnant – the clouds of gas, dust and other material left behind when a star dies.