Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 26, 2012

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Orion OB1 Association, this crimson runaway has been observed moving through the interstellar medium supersonically at a speed of 30 km/sec, creating a bow shock over 4 light-years wide. Now in a late stage of stellar evolution, the supergiant is expected to proceed through its life cycle before exploding as a type II supernova within the next million years. (Full article...
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