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

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

The field of stars and clouds at the center of the Milky Way, where the evolved star IRS 3 is located. The image combines data from the NIRCam camera and the MIRI instrument of the James Webb Space Telescope.