Apparently, the Death Star Was Destroyed 1,500 Years Ago
This is U Camelopardalis, a carbon star 1,500 light years away from Earth, in the constellation of the same name, near the North Celestial Pole. U Cam—as it is known—is at the end of its life, erupting layers of material from time to time: Every few thousand years, U Cam coughs out a nearly spherical…
