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New image throws light on the final days of giant stars <\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The new 3D model shows how red hypergiant VY Canis Majoris loses mass as it nears death <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

The violent death <\/strong>throes of rare hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris have been captured in a new 3D image. The model, created using data from the Atacama Large Millimeter\/Submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows the motion of gas surrounding the star in unprecedented detail. <\/p>\n\n

VY Canis Majoris is one of only a few known red hypergiants. Unlike lower-mass stars, which retain their spherical shape during their red giant phase, these goliaths sporadically belch out material, forming complex, irregular structures. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cUntil now, only small portions of this enormous structure had been studied, but you can\u2019t understand the mass loss and how these big stars die unless you look at the entire region,\u201d says Lucy Ziurys from the University of Arizona, who led the study. \u201cThat\u2019s why we wanted to create a complete image.\u201d www.almaobservatory.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n

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Photos: <\/p>\n\n

NASA\/ESA\/Hubble\/R. Humphreys\/University of Minnesota, J. Olmsted\/ STScI, NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/B. J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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