Latest Space Breaking News: Webb unveils doomed star that could help solve mystery of missing massive red supergiants
Link: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-webb-unveils-doomed-star-mystery.html
Summary: A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star before it exploded. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the international team identified a supernova's source star, or progenitor, at mid-infrared wavelengths for the first time. These observationsโcombined with archival images from the Hubble Space Telescopeโrevealed the explosion came from a massive red supergiant star, cloaked in an unexpected shroud of dust.

