Sunday, October 6, 2013

New photo of giant star, Eta Carinae, one of the most massive stars in our galaxy

The bright star at the center of this nebula, the object responsible for the nebula’s distorted form, is Eta Carinae, one of the most massive stars in the galaxy. Eta Carinae is around 100 times the mass of our sun and 1 million times brighter. Scientists think it could explode as a supernova at ...
New photo of giant star, Eta Carinae, one of the most massive stars in our galaxy

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