SPACE
Astronomers detect imminent supernova
Words by Ben Turner
An artist’s Illustration of our galaxy, the Milky Way
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“OB stars are among the hottest in the stellar classification system”
Astrophysicists have found a new region of the Milky Way, and it’s filled with searingly hot, bright-blue stars that are about to explode. Researchers were creating the most detailed map yet of the star-flecked spiral arms of our galactic neighbourhood with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia telescope when they discovered the region, which they have named the Cepheus spur.