The giant tail of the star is dying
With long tail streaks ... 13 light-years away, looking like comets, a distant star is dashing in the universe at extraordinary speed.
With long tail streaks . 13 light-years away, looking like comets, a distant star is dashing in the universe at extraordinary speed.
Observations made by NASA's Galex telescope. Scientists say they have never recorded such a phenomenon around a star. They believe that this star named Mira will help research what happens when a star ends its fate.
Mira lies about 350 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Cetus, and accompanies a smaller star, also known as Mira B, forming a binary star system. Millions of years ago, Mira was probably very similar to our sun, but now it is dying, and shrinks into another form called red giant.
And because it is moving at a speed of 130 km / sec, it throws behind a large amount of material on its way. The team said the tail formed from Mira materials released during the past 30,000 years.
Mira and her long tail shone to 13 light years. (Photo: BBC)
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