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Our  image: AG Carinae

The Hubble Telescope took this image in April of 2021: it is a giant star on the edge of destruction. NASA describes it as “a brilliant “celebrity star,” one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy, surrounded by a glowing halo of gas and dust.” Its brilliance has a cost however: the “price for the monster star’s opulence is “living on the edge.” The star, called AG Carinae, is waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction.” 

https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2021/017/01F3N8X6NC69Y1ME5AXW3AGFG8?news=true

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/hubble-captures-giant-star-on-the-edge-of-destruction

 

 

 

The Dystopia Project, 2021.