JWST and VLT images show that Apep's northern companion star destroys a cone of dust in the WR+WR spiral nebula, proving it is bound, and the inner binary period is 193±11 years.
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The Serpent Eating Its Own Tail: Dust Destruction in the Apep Colliding-Wind Nebula
JWST and VLT images show that Apep's northern companion star destroys a cone of dust in the WR+WR spiral nebula, proving it is bound, and the inner binary period is 193±11 years.