{"id":784617,"date":"2024-06-25T02:08:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T07:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=784617"},"modified":"2024-06-25T02:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T07:08:55","slug":"inside-the-life-and-death-of-stars-short-wave-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=784617","title":{"rendered":"Inside the life and death of stars : Short Wave : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This summer, scientists have their eyes and telescopes trained on the small constellation system T Coronae Borealis. They think it will explode as part of a periodic nova \u2014 a once-in-a-lifetime event according to NASA scientists. And so, with the help of astrophysicist Sarafina El-Badry Nance, we continue our journey farther and deeper into spacetime with a look at the stars: How they’re born and how they die. Sarafina has always been drawn to one particular star: Betelgeuse, a red supergiant in the shoulder of the constellation Orion that is nearing the end of its life. What stages of life did Betelgeuse \u2014 or any <\/em>star \u2014 go through before it reached this moment? <\/p>\n