Red supergiant stars bubble and froth so much that their position in the sky seems to dance around - Phys.org
7/1/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Carolyn Collins Petersen
by Carolyn Collins Petersen
Making a 3D map of our galaxy would be easier if some stars behaved long enough to for us to calculate the distances to them. However, red supergiants are the frisky kids on the block when it comes to pinning down their exact locations. That's because they ap…
Making a 3D map of our galaxy would be easier if some stars behaved long enough to for us to calculate the distances to them. However, red supergiants are the frisky kids on the block when it comes t… [+6082 chars]
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