Actual photos of two stars are eating each other

This "interactive" type image of stars is taken in the near-infrared spectrum by the Oversized Glass Vision at the south European observatory.

The death of a double star (two suns orbiting each other in small orbits) is one of the special events of the universe. The picture below of the Solar System R Aquarii , characterized by the whole system center is a double star.

In the picture, the red giant star is gradually being gnawed by its companion "friend" , a white dwarf.

Two stars are destroying each other.(Photo: ESO).

This moment takes 650 light-years to reach Earth. It is also quite close (according to the cosmic distance) that this event is very interested in astronomers.

This "interactive" image of stars is taken in the near-infrared spectrum by the Oversized Glass Vision at the southern European observatory, giving us an extremely detailed view of what's happening.

Red giant star named Mira is at the end of the life cycle. Stars like these often lose more than half of their mass, starting to emit pulses and radiation that can be 1,000 times brighter than our sun.

Meanwhile, which has long since faded, there is no fuel for fusion reactions in the core. However, its density allows this small star to re-feed his "mate" .

The 'eaten' matter from red giant stars often causes nuclear explosions in the space around the two stars. This is like both bombing each other.

This image shows that both stars are spinning around each other, launching rocks as well as physical currents into outer space. In the end, their outcome is one Ia (one of the supernovae that occurs from a white dwarf explosion).

Supernova explosions seldom affect us thanks to the Earth's magnetic field. However, in the universe, many nearby planets will be wiped out by the super-high-energy material emanating from the explosion.