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Along came a spider… 🕷️ The Red Spider Nebula (NGC 6537) is a planetary nebula, a structure which forms when red giants shed their outer layers into space, exposing their white-hot cores. This phase lasts only a few tens of thousands of years. The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s new view of the Red Spider Nebula reveals for the first time the full extent of the nebula’s outstretched lobes, which form the ‘legs’ of the spider – and which each extend about 3 light-years! #WebbSeesFarthe