'Betelgeuse on steroids' sheds light on how rare massive stars die - Space.com

VY Canis Majoris is dying, and astronomers are watching the red hypergiant star's final era to better understand what happens at the end of a stellar life cycle.

A new map of one of the most massive stars in our galaxy is shedding light on what happens in the final stages of a giant star's death. Astronomers created a detailed 3D map of VY Canis Majoris, a d… [+5791 chars]

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