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20 September 2017

Astronomers have used ALMA to capture a strikingly beautiful view of a delicate bubble of expelled material around the exotic red star U Antliae. These observations will help astronomers to better understand how stars evolve during the later stages of their life-cycles.

The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1730/

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The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
20 September 2017




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