Credit & Copyright: NASA/ESA/CSA/J.
Cami (Western University); Image Processing:
K. Beecroft
Text: Jan Cami (Western University) & Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)
Explanation:
What is happening inside this unusual nebula?
Planetary nebula
Tc 1, captured here in exquisite
detail by the James Webb Space Telescope,
is the celestial site where buckyballs were
first identified in 2010.
Buckminsterfullerene
Б as buckyballs are officially
called Б is a molecule with 60 carbon atoms (C60)
arranged in the shape of a soccer
ball.
The molecule is named for architect Buckminster
Fuller because of its resemblance to the geodesic
dome he helped popularize.
WebbБs new data
reveal where the C60 molecules live in this nebula, and the geometry is
striking: they populate a thin spherical shell around the central star, visible here
as the bright edge of the nebulaБs glowing orange central region.
Look closely near the nebulaБs heart and a more perplexing feature emerges: a
delicate structure shaped uncannily like an upside-down
question mark, fitting punctuation for the many questions this nebula still poses.
Text: Jan Cami (Western University) & Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)
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