The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured plenty of incredible, jaw-dropping photos since its first five images were published in July 2022. But few have been quite as spectacular and otherworldly as Webb’s latest shots of Nebula PMR 1, a rarely-studied nebula nicknamed the “Exposed Cranium.” This nebula was first captured in infrared light by one of Webb’s predecessors, NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope, over a decade ago. Armed with billions of dollars of sophisticated technology, JWST has unveiled the Exposed Cranium nebula in exquisite detail using two of its imaging instruments, NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). The two photos show the nebula in dramatically different ways. NIRCam’s shot shows the nebula in a way not unlike the Palantíri that Sauron used in “The Lord of the Rings.” Meanwhile, MIRI’s portrait of the Exposed Cranium nebula is much brighter, revealing different details inside the nebula.…