Well that’s bonkers 😬

The six-pointed blue structure is an artefact due to optical diffraction from the bright star WR140 in this #JWST MIRI image.

But red curvy-yet-boxy stuff is real, a series of shells around WR140.

Actually in space. Around a star.

HT @spacegeck 👍 https://t.co/6TLjfErL37

— Mark McCaughrean (@markmccaughrean) August 29, 2022