The violent death of star V Hydrae

ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

The carbon-rich star V Hydrae is in its final act, and its death is violent and remarkable. Scientists studying the star have discovered six rings, and other structures created by the explosive mass ejection of matter into space.

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