Death Star Caught In Act, All Wet

NaturePhotog writes: "No, it's not CNN bad-mouthing the Empire's latest creation, it's astronomers catching a dying star in the act of becoming a nebula. Radio waves emitted by water molecules helped provide the age of the event."

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[bartlett's]

This was observed using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array [nrao.edu], which is a (rather cool looking [nrao.edu]) group of 27 radio antennas in New Mexico. The NRAO press release [nrao.edu] on K3-35 contains somewhat more detailed information than the CNN article.