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The Webb telescope found something exceedingly rare around a dying star

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured the Ring Nebula 2,500 light-years away in the constellation Lyra .

A withering white dwarf star is all that remains of the star on its deathbed, having molted its outermost layers.

This is just the second time scientists have observed such a disk around a star at the end of its life.

The study could help confirm earlier findings that suggested the star had two companions.