Sometimes, you just need to give your mind a little vacation. And these days, outer space sounds like as good a destination as any. Thankfully, the class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/science/space/webb-telescope-images-an-aging-binary-star-system-in-the-center-of-a-four-layered-cosmic-dust-shell-140000485.html” data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ data-ylk=”slk:James Webb Space Telescope;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” data-yga=”{"yLinkText":"James Webb Space Telescope","yLinkPosition":"1","yPosition":"1","yLinkElement":"context_link","yModuleName":"content-canvas"}”>James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is here to give us a dazzling new image of the Helix Nebula.
Discovered in the early 19th century, the Helix Nebula resides in the constellation Aquarius. (Cue class=”link ” href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxSCAalsBE” data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:The 5th Dimension;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” data-yga=”{"yLinkText":"The 5th Dimension","yLinkPosition":"2","yPosition":"1","yLinkElement":"context_link","yModuleName":"content-canvas"}”>The 5th Dimension.) At about 655 light-years away, it’s one of Earth’s closest planetary nebulae. When zoomed farther out, it’s easy to see why it’s been nicknamed the…
