This artist’s impression of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris shows the star’s vast convection cells and violent ejections. VY Canis Majoris is so large that if it replaced the Sun, the star would ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — About 5,000 light years away across our Milky Way galaxy, a highly brilliant star called VY Canis Majoris has long been thought to have smoke in its eyes because most of its light ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new map of one of the most massive stars in our galaxy is shedding light on what happens in the ...