Image of WR140 snapped by the mid-infrared camera onboard the James Webb Space Telescope. (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Image of WR140 snapped by the mid-infrared camera onboard the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Astronomers have observed directly for the first time how intense light from stars can ‘push’ matter. Researchers from the universities of Cambridge and Sydney made the observation when tracking a giant plume of dust generated by the violent interactions between two massive stars.

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NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JPL-Caltech

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