Free Astronomy Magazine March-April 2015

48 STELLAR EVOLUTION One of the most massive and turbu- lent double stars of our galaxy has re- vealed a part of its mysteries to some researchers of NASA’s GSFC, who de- veloped a numerical model capable of correctly interpreting the scenario cre- ated by the interaction between the raging winds emitted by the two stars. New model Eta Carinae MARCH-APRIL 2015