A red supergiant star has a truly cosmic case of dusty flatulence and that means it's about to die.

[badastro@mastodon.social]

A red supergiant star has a truly cosmic case of dusty flatulence and that means it's about to die. And we've obtained pretty detailed images of it despite it being IN ANOTHER GALAXY.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-red-supergiant-s-clock-is-ticking-and-we-re-getting-a-good-look-before-it-goes-supernova

[Note: image shown here is artwork but a pic's in the link]

[khleedril@cyberplace.social]

@badastro I'll just hold my breath for about 10,000 years and wait for the explosion....