
Astronomy
Rare ‘Pinwheel’ Stars Are a Beautiful Astronomical Puzzle
The doomed class of stars named Wolf-Rayets produce mysterious pinwheel shapes
Peter Tuthill is an astronomer at the University of Sydney in Australia, where he researches astronomy and optics. Credit: Nick Higgins
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