The First Most Dramatic Event Ever Seen In Astronomy – Death of Red Supergiant Star
For the first time in the history of astronomy, an astronomer from Earth has seen the death of a star in real time. Before this, no such incident has ever been seen in real time.
The size of this star was 10 times that of the Sun
According to the report the death of a red supergiant star was made possible from the ground telescope for the first time in real time. This star is located in the galaxy NGC 5731, about 120 million light years away from Earth. Before the explosion of this star, its size was 10 times that of the Sun.
Gas Released Before Death
Before the death of the star, some people became witnesses of this incident. He observed that the stars give off a huge amount of gas before they are destroyed
This study, which gives information about the findings on the death of the star, was published in ‘The Astrophysical Journal’ on Thursday. Events like the death of a star can be listed among the most dramatic and different events in space.
Major breakthrough in the history of space
“This is a breakthrough in our understanding of what massive stars do before they die,” said lead research writer Wynn Jacobson-Gallen, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, in a statement.
The research writer said that the direct detection of pre-supernova activity in a red supergiant star has never been seen before in a normal type of supernova. For the first time, we have seen the explosion of a red supergiant star.
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