Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
LiveScience
LiveScience
Ben Turner

James Webb telescope celebrates Halloween with eerie image of a dying sun — it's what our own might look like one day

The Red Spider Nebula as snapped by the James Webb Space Telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is celebrating Halloween with a stunning image showing never-before-seen details of the Red Spider Nebula.

The image, snapped by JWST's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), shows dust and gas being shed by a dying star to form a planetary nebula, its filaments twisting and stretching like the limbs of a cosmic arachnid.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.