James Webb Telescope Reveals Detailed View of Lion’s Head Nebula

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured a new composite image of the Lion’s Head Nebula (NGC 2392) using its NIRCam and MIRI instruments. The nebula is the remnant of a Sun‑like star that could no longer sustain nuclear fusion in its core. As the star shed layers of gas and dust, it formed the planetary nebula, leaving behind a hot white dwarf at its center. Intense radiation from the white dwarf ionizes the surrounding gas, creating the irregular bubble that forms the lion’s face, while surviving dust clumps and ionized gas form the mane. This high‑resolution view will help scientists study how gas, dust, and stellar radiation interact in such nebulae.