Submitted by SuperDry_Accident t3_y2aecb in Futurology
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SuperDry_Accident OP t1_is1qfko wrote
"Today, Nature Astronomy released a paper that shows off the sorts of science the Webb Telescope was designed to produce. Early on, the new telescope was pointed at a system of two massive stars that orbit each other closely. Ground-based observations had detected a ring or two produced by the interactions of these giants; the Webb was able to determine that there are at least 17 concentric rings of material that have been put in place over the previous 130 years.
And just to show off, astronomers were able to obtain a spectrum of the material that forms the rings." "One is an O-type star, the largest and hottest class of stars we know of. The second is called a Wolf-Rayet"
FuturologyBot t1_is1utfw wrote
The following submission statement was provided by /u/SuperDry_Accident:
"Today, Nature Astronomy released a paper that shows off the sorts of science the Webb Telescope was designed to produce. Early on, the new telescope was pointed at a system of two massive stars that orbit each other closely. Ground-based observations had detected a ring or two produced by the interactions of these giants; the Webb was able to determine that there are at least 17 concentric rings of material that have been put in place over the previous 130 years.
And just to show off, astronomers were able to obtain a spectrum of the material that forms the rings." "One is an O-type star, the largest and hottest class of stars we know of. The second is called a Wolf-Rayet"
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Haiel10000 t1_is2hgjp wrote
Arent these rings gravitational waves?
They are the result of two incredibly big stars orbiting and this is mass we are observing reacting to that orbit. Im curious about it.
adarkuccio t1_is3qe12 wrote
A dyson sphere? How? And why? What was the thesis for this being a dyson sphere? I missed that speculation apparently
My-Cousin-Bobby t1_is3qs67 wrote
Just the title
"A Strange set of rings around a star"
It's dyson sphere-esque, but ended up just being solar dust. Arti le didn't say anything about it being a dyson sphere
adarkuccio t1_is3qxgg wrote
Ahh okay, this was not news for me (the rings of light) so I thought there was something more
My-Cousin-Bobby t1_is1qfbu wrote
Part of me almost was over the moon (but also scared) at the thought of a Dyson sphere, and then was slowly disappointed to find it was solar dust
Still cool though