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Hubble captures incredible image of bright-burning star that ‘lives fast and dies young’ – Yahoo New Zealand News

The star, called AG Carinae, is a few million years old and resides 20,000 light-years away inside our Milky Way galaxy.

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The image was released for Hubble’s 35th anniversary. (Hubble)
A bright-burning blue star which shines with the brilliance of a million suns has been captured in an incredible new Hubble Space Telescope image.
The star fights a constant life or death battle to contain vast explosions which can rip off its outer layers (and also cause the beautiful halo of gas and dust around it).
The star, called AG Carinae, is a few million years old and resides 20,000 light-years away inside our Milky Way galaxy.

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