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Its story

Virgo is one of the vastest constellations in the sky and shelters every kind of star, including this red M-type sun — cold and immense, whose brightness shifts over time like a slow breath. Its light took about 478 years to arrive: it set out when Luther was nailing his theses in Wittenberg and the Reformation was shaking the religious order of Europe. Red giants like this have passed their noon and are now slowly swelling, quietly announcing the end of their long nuclear race.