Summary

Astronomers have discovered a chemically rich collection of sulfur-bearing molecules surrounding the rare massive star HD 87643. The observations include the first detection of sulfur monoxide and sulfur dioxide around a B[e] supergiant. The paper was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on July 1. B[e] supergiants, or sgB[e], are rare, evolved massive stars that have moved past their main hydrogen-burning phase.

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