The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a rare and tumultuous sight 15,000 light-years away from Earth. Element found in our teeth detected for the first time in galaxy 12 billion light-years away Studying stars like WR 124 with Webb helps astronomers understand what happened in the early days of the universe, when dying stars exploded and released heavy elements that ended up on Earth and inside our own bodies. Amber Straughn, astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and Deputy Project Scientist for the Webb telescope’s science communications, at the conference