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A shell of ghostly gas encapsulates a cloud of amber-colored gases that blow out in both directions from a central point. This makes the nebula look like a top-down view of two brain hemispheres inside a transparent skull. The scene is decorated with multicolor dots of light, representing distant galaxies and stars. The stars shown here have six points, characteristic of Webb images.

Webb Studies Cranium Nebula

A brain-new image from Webb! What looks like a brain (complete with what appear as left and right hemispheres) is actually a dying star blowing off a shell of gas, and within that shell, a cloud of various gases.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

TakenFebruary 25, 2026

Image CreditNASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

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