How long will UY Scuti live?

How long does UY Scuti have left?

Stellar evolution models tell that UY Scuti has already left the main sequence and has started fusing helium in its core. This means it is left with just 10% of its life. Stars like these have a short lifespan of a few million years compared to trillions of years for red dwarfs.

What will happen when UY Scuti dies?

When it does die, it's expected to explode with the force of more than 100 supernovas. A supernova is the explosion of a star, and it's the largest explosion that takes place in space. So the force of 100 stars exploding would obliterate everything nearby.

Will UY Scuti become a black hole?

It is expected to heat up and become a yellow hypergiant star and also most likely shrink as it is become a hypergiant. … UY Scuti will either become a Neutron Star or a black hole but a Neutron Star is the more likely of the two.

Will UY Scuti explode?

UY Scuti will definitely explode as a supernova one day, but by the standards of supernovas it will be an “ordinary” one. That's because the power of a supernova depends on its mass, not size. And UY Scuti, at some 7–10 solar masses, is about average among “stars which go boom”.

How far away is UY Scuti?

5,219 light years UY Scuti/Distance to Earth

Is UY Scuti bigger than Betelgeuse?

Supergiant stars are the largest stars, and they are much larger than our own Sun. Some of them are thousands of times bigger than the Sun. … If you think Betelgeuse is large, it does not even compare to the largest star we have located. The largest star we have identified is UY Scuti, which was found in 2012.

Will a supernova happen in 2022?

In 2022—only a few years from now—an odd type of exploding star called a red nova will appear in our skies in 2022. … Five years earlier, an astronomer predicted that a Red Nova is caused by the merger of stars in a binary system—so the 2008 Scorpius event confirmed that theory. And now it's happening again.

What if ton 618 exploded?

If you replaced that with TON 618, the ratio would be a lot smaller; a bit under 25 to 1. But still, 95% of the mass would be in the surrounding galaxy, and stars should still be able to form. Regarding radiation: TON 618 is also a “hyperluminous” quasar.