The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently shared an image of 'slow-motion firework' in space that it says has lasted over 150 years. This is a doomed super-massive star 7,500 light-years away named Eta Carinae.
A star system of at least two stars orbiting each other is called Eta Carinae and its combined luminosity is said to be greater than 5 million times that of the sun in our solar system.According to the post, the massive star went through a "Great Eruption " in the 1840s that made it the second-brightest visible star in the sky for over a decade. It was so bright that sailors at the time used it as an important navigational star in the southern seas.
The official Instagram account of NASA shared this photograph on January 2. The text shared alongside the post describes,what it depicts. "Goodbye,2020.Hello,2021 Have you ever seen a slow-motion firework show that lasted...well over 150 YEARS? Meet Eta Carinae",it reads.
Since being posted online, the post has received over 9 lakh likes.
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