Beware of the Big, Bad WolfVisible within the center of the Crescent nebula is what’s clas
Beware of the Big, Bad WolfVisible within the center of the Crescent nebula is what’s classified as a Wolf-Rayet star. This star is a staggering 250,000 times brighter than the Sun, 15 times more massive, and 3.3 times larger. Its surface temperature is nearly 70,000° C/ 125,000° F. At just 4.7 million years old, it is already toward the end of it’s life and is shedding its outer envelope, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun’s mass every 10,000 years. Within a few hundred thousand years, it is expected to explode as a supernova. (Image Credit: Michael Miller, Jimmy Walker) -- source link
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