This stunning close-up of the red supergiant R Leporis is one of the highest-resolution images of a star (other than our Sun) ever taken.
R Leporis appears red because of all the carbon soot in its outer layers, thanks to millions of years of fusing helium atoms together to form carbon.
The observations show that the star is surrounded by a ring-like structure of gas and that gas from the star is escaping to the surrounding space.
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