Why is Antares dying now?

In the universe, there is no eternal life. Stars, including the our Sun will eventually run out of fuel and die. The experts are now witnessing the death of Antares, the super-giant red star. "This star will collapse and explode as a supernova," said NASA's astrophysicist, Paul Butterworth and Mike Arida, July 10, 2013. Hydrogen, lighter elements that became one of the star fuel, have been exhausted. Now Antares uses the heavier elements to keep it burning.

The moon often visits the bright red star Antares in Scorpius. (Picture from: http://www.space.com/)

Antares is one and the 20 brightest stars are easily visible in the Earth night sky. Astronomers estimate the size of 883 times the size of the Sun. It had a neighbor named Antares B, little star that flames appear bluish white.

In the world of modern rocket, Antares is known as the name of the lunar lander on the Apollo 14 mission. Antares is also a name and a rocket being developed by Orbital Sciences Corp. Arida said, Antares (dubbed Alpha Scorpii) is a leading star in the constellation of Scorpius aka Scorpion, a constellation in the southern sky near the center of the Milky Way. Antares is approximately 604 light years from the Earth. Diameter of about 700 times the diameter of the Sun, making it large enough to engulf the Mars orbit.

Although fairly giant, Antares density less than a millionth of the Sun. The Antares temperature around 3,593 degrees Celsius, relatively cool than the Sun's is 6,093 degrees Celsius. "Low temperature determines the color distinctive reddish," said Arida, as quoted by Space. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SPACE | MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI | KORAN TEMPO 4284]

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