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Stellar evolution

The sequence of structural and chemical changes a star passes through between formation and its end state. Because the stages are far longer than a human life, they are usually reconstructed by comparing many stars rather than following one.

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VLT spectra catch Sakurai's Object growing a Wolf-Rayet wind 30 years after its outburst

Most stars change too slowly for anyone to watch. Sakurai's Object has moved through a whole stage of stellar death in three decades, and the new measurement says it is recovering more gradually than some models predicted.

Publishers:phys.org

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