Rendering of V Hya with six rings (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles

Rendering of V Hya with six rings

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A rendering of the star V Hydrae, or V Hya for short. In its death throes, the star has emitted a series of expanding rings that scientists calculated are being formed every few hundred years, said Mark Morris, a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy.

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

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