The stars are surrounded by diffraction spikes, which are the starburst-like radiating lines that appear around bright objects on telescope images. The stars follow a nine-year orbit and are surrounded by dust. The dust appears orange in the images. The slow decay of the star created much of the solar material visible in the new images.

Spend 8 minutes with an image that has changed astronomy forever - the first-ever deep field view of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 from the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI | mash mix: Space.