Hypergiant star turns out to be 'missing link' after 30 years
Monday, November 5, 2012 - 08:11
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—A team of scientists from six European countries reported today they have finalized a thirty years long investigation of a hypergiant star that crossed the Yellow Evolutionary Void. In that period the star's surface temperature quickly rose from five to eight thousand degrees. With this discovery a crucial 'missing link' in the evolution of hypergiant stars has been found.