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Mira A ejects seven Earth masses, forming a heart-shaped cloud 300 light-years away

  • February 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Mira A ejects seven Earth masses, forming a heart-shaped cloud 300 light-years away
Just in time for Valentine's Day, space offers a heart-shaped greeting. The star Mira A, about 300 light-years from Earth, has released material into an expanding cloud of gas and dust resembling a heart. Both the amount of material and the speed at which the star ejected it were unexpected.

Originally published at Phys.org

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