Astronomers Bring The Third Dimension To A Doomed Star's Outburst
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 14, 2014 - In the middle of the 19th century, the massive binary system Eta Carinae underwent an eruption that ejected at least 10 times the sun's mass and made it the second-brightest star in the sky. Now, a team of astronomers has used extensive new observations to create the first high-resolution 3-D model of the expanding cloud produced by this outburst. "Our model indicates that this vast shell ... more
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