IRS 3

A dense field of stars, gas, and dust at the center of the Milky Way in the region where IRS 3 is located

Webb detects water in the mantle of a star near the black hole at the center of the Milky Way

Observations with the MIRI instrument showed that IRS 3 is an aging, oxygen-rich giant star, surrounded by layers of dust and gas. According to the researchers' model, it is losing about the mass of Earth every