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October 20, 2022
- Avi Blizovsky
- October 20, 2022
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In this new study, the researchers determined that massive stars (typically between 8 and 20 solar masses) in the "red supergiant" phase will suddenly become about a hundred times fainter in visible light a few months before they die. This dimming is caused by a sudden accretion of material around the star, obscuring its light