Something ripped the skin off this star before it died
Oct 29, 2020
2 minutes
Words by Rafi Letzter
A giant star died, blasting its guts into space. But before the star detonated, some stellar thief had already stolen the giant’s skin. Now astrophysicists think they’ve identified the culprit: a nearby star blasting its own guts out.
Supernovae are fairly common in space. Most very large stars end their lives as stellar
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