grobi<p>Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb<br> * Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, M. E. Ressler (JPL) et al.; Processing: Judy Schmidt<br><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/people-of-nasa/meet-a-citizen-scientist-judy-schmidt/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.nasa.gov/people-of-nas</span><span class="invisible">a/meet-a-citizen-scientist-judy-schmidt/</span></a><br><a href="https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/ressler/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/re</span><span class="invisible">ssler/</span></a><br><a href="https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">science.jpl.nasa.gov/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.esa.int/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">esa.int/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">nasa.gov/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Explanation: <br>What happens when a star runs out of nuclear fuel? For stars like our Sun, the center condenses into a white dwarf while the outer atmosphere is expelled into space to appear as a planetary nebula. The expelled outer atmosphere of planetary nebula NGC 1514 appears to be a jumble of bubbles -- when seen in visible light. But the view from the James Webb Space Telescope in infrared, as featured here, confirms a different story: in this light the nebula shows a distinct hourglass shape, which is interpreted as a cylinder seen along a diagonal. If you look closely at the center of the nebula, you can also see a bright central star that is part of a binary system. More observations might better reveal how this nebula is evolving and how the central stars are working together to produce the interesting cylinder and bubbles observed. <br><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/geckzilla/54206737999/in/datetaken/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/geckzilla/54</span><span class="invisible">206737999/in/datetaken/</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1514" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1514</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1514#/media/File:NGC_1514_by_Goran_Nilsson_&_The_Liverpool_Telescope.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1514</span><span class="invisible">#/media/File:NGC_1514_by_Goran_Nilsson_&_The_Liverpool_Telescope.jpg</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_nebula" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetar</span><span class="invisible">y_nebula</span></a><br><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190929.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190929.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a><br><a href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AJ....140.1882R/abstract" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010</span><span class="invisible">AJ....140.1882R/abstract</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211226.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211226.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_</span><span class="invisible">fusion</span></a><br><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000910.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000910.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a><br><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970219.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970219.ht</span><span 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