What's Behind This Webb Image?

One of the most dazzling images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is this image of a distant extreme star system surrounded by surreal concentric geometric rings. The binary star is called WR140.

Author: Peter Tuthill (Astrophysicist, University of Sydney)
Republished from an article by The Conversation with permission from Peter Tuthill.
Original article: https://theconversation.com/alien-megastructures-cosmic-thumbprint-whats-behind-a-james-webb-telescope-photo-that-had-even-astronomers-stumped-192249
Title: Alien megastructures? Cosmic thumbprint? What’s behind a James Webb telescope photo that had even astronomers stumped

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05155-5

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