VY Canis Majoris

Artist’s depiction of VY Canis Majoris. Credit – NASA / ESA / Hubble / R. Humphreys, University of Minnesota / J. Olmsted, STScI.

When the largest star in the Milky Way dies astronomers will be ready

When VY Canis Majoris, largest star in the Milky Way dies, astronomers will be ready to observe its final moments. A new model is also helping to understand its surface.