Unmasking a Dusty Giant: JWST Reveals a Supernova Progenitor in NGC 1637

JWST's infrared eyes uncover the first detected supernova progenitor—a carbon-rich red supergiant in NGC 1637 hidden behind a dense dust shell that eluded Hubble. We explain how NIRCAM and MIRI pierced the veil, why the dust is carbon-rich, and how this helps solve the missing red supergiants problem while signaling a new era of stellar forensics and future observatories.

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