Astronomy
How Stellar Winds Shape the Evolution of Massive Stars
Quick fact
Some massive stars lose a mass equivalent to the Sun every 100,000 years, which is millions of times faster than the Sun's own solar wind, and this rapid loss can strip away the entire outer hydrogen layer, revealing the hot, blue core.
Why this is interesting
You might think the brightest stars are the most powerful, but they are also the most fragile—they shed their outer layers like a cosmic snake, and this shedding controls their fate.