James Webb Space Telescope peers into a dying star surrounded by mysterious buckyballs: 'The structures we're seeing now are breathtaking'

The James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument captured an image of planetary nebula Tc 1, revealing detailed structures using nine filters spanning 5.6 to 25.5 microns. The image highlights hotter gas in blue and cooler material in red, processed by Katelyn Beecroft with PixInsight, showcasing 'breathtaking' buckyballs in a dying star.