Imagine a star so big that if it replaced our Sun, its outer layers would extend beyond the orbit of Mars . This cosmic behemoth is Antares , the heart of the Scorpius constellation. Its reddish glow, visible even to the naked eye, has captivated stargazers for millennia. But what mysteries does this stellar giant hold? Life and Death - Death can create two sun in the sky Born from a colossal cloud of gas and dust, Antares is estimated to be around 12 million years old. That might sound ancient, but in cosmic terms, it's a mere blink of an eye. Stars like Antares live fast and die young. They burn through their hydrogen fuel at a prodigious rate, leading to their rapid evolution. Antares is currently in its red supergiant phase. This means it's exhausted the hydrogen at its core and has swollen to enormous proportions. But this is just a prelude to its grand finale. In a few million years, Antares will explode in a cataclysmic supernova, scattering its remnants across the cosmo...
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