News tagged with red supergiant
The lives of stars, or astronomers as paparazzi
Stars live for a long time, with even the most massive stars having lifetimes measured in millions of years. But, for a mere few thousand years towards the end of their lives, some massive stars go through ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Some nearby young stars may be much older than previously thought
Low in the south in the summer sky shines the constellation Scorpius and the bright, red supergiant star Antares. Many of the brightest stars in Scorpius, and hundreds of its fainter stars, are among the youngest stars found ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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The flames of Betelgeuse: New image reveals vast nebula around famous supergiant star
(PhysOrg.com) -- Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the constellation of Orion, is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It is also one of the biggest, being almost the size of the orbit of Jupiter — ...
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Cygnus-X: the cool swan glowing in flight
(Phys.org) -- Chaotic networks of dust and gas signpost the next generations of massive stars in this stunning new image of the Cygnus-X star-nursery captured by ESA’s Herschel space observatory. ...
May 10, 2012 |
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Swift narrows down origin of important supernova class
(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies using X-ray and ultraviolet observations from NASA's Swift satellite provide new insights into the elusive origins of an important class of exploding star called Type Ia supernovae. ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Stars: How big is big?
You may have seen one of these astronomical scale picture sequences, where you go from the Earth to Jupiter to the Sun, then the Sun to Sirius – and all the way up to the biggest star we know of VY Canis ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Galaxy NGC 4214: A star formation laboratory
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hubble’s newest camera has taken an image of galaxy NGC 4214. This galaxy glows brightly with young stars and gas clouds, and is an ideal laboratory to research star formation and evolution.
May 12, 2011 |
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Speed demon creates a shock
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as some drivers obey the speed limit while others treat every road as if it were the Autobahn, some stars move through space faster than others. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, ...
Mar 11, 2011 |
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In distant galaxies, new clues to century-old molecule mystery
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study that pushes the limits of observations currently possible from Earth, a team of NASA and European scientists recorded the "fingerprints" of mystery molecules in two distant galaxies, ...
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel
(PhysOrg.com) -- The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box
(PhysOrg.com) -- Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles deep in the southern skies near the Southern Cross ...
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Sharpest views of Betelgeuse reveal how supergiant stars lose mass
(PhysOrg.com) -- Betelgeuse -- the second brightest star in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter) -- is a red supergiant, one of the biggest stars known, and almost 1000 times larger than our Sun. It is ...
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Red giant star Betelgeuse is mysteriously shrinking
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, the bright reddish star in the constellation Orion, has steadily shrunk over the past 15 years, according to University of California, Berkeley, researchers.
Jun 10, 2009 |
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