Pair of stars create "fingerprint" in photo taken by James Webb Space Telescope
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Two intertwined stars are creating what looks like a "fingerprint" in space. NASA released a photo Wednesday taken of the duo by the James Webb Space Telescope, which shows at least 17 dust rings surrounding the stars.
The photos were taken with the help of the telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument, which was created by NASA and the European Space Agency.
The stars, known collectively as Wolf-Rayet 140, are located 5,000 light years from Earth, NASA said in a news release. Each dust ring is formed as the two stars come close together during their orbit, causing gases emitting from both to compress and make the rings, NASA explained.
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