Red supergiant (IMAGE)

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Red supergiant

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An artist’s impression of a red supergiant star in the final year of its life emitting a tumultuous cloud of gas. This suggests at least some of these stars undergo significant internal changes before going supernova.

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W.M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko

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