π Star near Milky Way black hole is shedding mass fast
A mature star named IRS 3 near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole is rapidly losing a huge amount of mass. This star is located near Sagittarius A* at a distance of roughly 0.6 light-years from it. Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show it is losing material equivalent to Earth's mass every 18 days. This intense mass loss forms a giant envelope where water molecules have unexpectedly been detected. Future research with the Extremely Large Telescope will further investigate this vast stellar envelope. π