Sometimes you just need to give your mind a little break. And these days, space seems like a better destination than anything else. Thankfully, james webb space telescope (JWST) is here to provide us with dazzling new images of the Helix Nebula.

Discovered in the early 19th century, the Helix Nebula is located in the constellation Aquarius. (queue 5th dimension.) Located approximately 655 light years away, it is one of the closest planetary nebulae to Earth. Zooming out further, it’s easy to see why it’s called the “Eye of God” or “Eye of Sauron.” This 2004 image from the Hubble Telescope shows just that.

What we see in the nebula is, in a sense, the moment of death, laying the foundation for a new birth. A dying star (out of frame in a nearby new image) sheds its outer layer. As the ejected gas and dust cools, it provides the raw material that could one day form new stars and perhaps planetary systems.

of new image Webb’s NIRCam (near-infrared camera) provides a much closer, higher-resolution view.

These columns you see are called comet knots, and this image is the best view of them to date. “Here, fierce winds of hot gas from a dying star collide with a cooler shell of dust and gas ejected early in its life, sculpting this nebula’s remarkable structure,” ESA said in a press release.

The color of the knot represents temperature and chemical reactions. Blue tips indicate the hottest gases (energized by ultraviolet light). The yellow region, where hydrogen atoms form molecules, is further away from the nebula’s core (and therefore cooler). At the edges, reddish-orange regions indicate the coldest material, where the gas thins and dust begins to form.