A Peek at the Glowing Red Shell Around an Aging Star
The latest picture of a distant star shows more detail than ever before.
by Marina Koren
Sep 20, 2017
2 minutes
Most pictures of stars in our galaxy show them as tiny jewels against a sea of darkness. This one’s a little different.
U Antliae, one of the members of the constellation Antlia, is located in the southern hemisphere of the sky. About 2,700 years ago, the star expelled a bunch
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