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WOH G64, one of the biggest stars in the universe, has transitioned from a red supergiant to a yellow hypergiant, in what may be evidence of impending supernova


Astronomers have been watching the supergiant WOH G64 for decades – and it might have turned into a hypergiant and be heading for self-destruction.

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