Artist’s conception of pre-explosion mass loss by the progenitor star of SN 2023ixf (IMAGE)
Caption
In the year prior to going supernova the red supergiant star now known as SN 2023ixf shed an unexpected amount of mass equivalent to the mass of the Sun. This artist’s conception illustrates what the final stages of mass loss might have looked like before the star exploded.
Credit
Melissa Weiss/CfA
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