THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT.
One of the largest and brightest stars known to man began to die in the universe.
We are talking about VY Canis Majoris (VY Canis Majoris) between 3.8 thousand and 5 thousand light years from Earth in the constellation of the same name, Hi-Tech writes. It is classified as a red hypergiant.
The size of VY Canis Majoris is approximately 1.8 thousand and 2.1 thousand Suns, and until recently it was considered the largest star. Its mass is 15–25 times that of the Sun, and at the peak of its development, the star weighed as much as 40 Suns. However, now, according to astronomers, a significant part of its mass has been carried away by solar winds.
Scientists estimate that when the star’s core runs out of fuel, it will shrink and become a core-collapse supernova, or it may even give rise to a hypernova that will generate 100,000 times more energy than a normal supernova. Then the central region of the star will become a neutron star or black hole, and the outer regions of gas will be ejected into space.
As a result, for at least a few weeks, debris from the explosion will cover the rest of the galaxy, which will be clearly visible from Earth during the daytime.
At the same time, taking into account the distance between our planet and VY Canis Major, nothing threatens the Earth in the event of an explosion.
Source: Rosbalt
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