A new image captures enormous gas rings encircling an aging red star
The star is losing mass as it transforms into a white dwarf
![radio image of three rings of gas around the star called V Hydrae](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/030422_kc_red-giant_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Three rings of ejected gas sail away from an aging star named V Hydrae, seen in this false-color radio image from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile.
R. Sahai, P-S. Huang, S. Scibelli, M.R. Morris, K. Hinkle, C-F. Lee