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by yazr 2308 days ago
> Over their lifetimes, red supergiants like Betelgeuse create and eject vast amounts of material

What % of material is then captured by other forming/formed stars? Doesnt it just end up in interstellar space ?

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Stars are formed in compressed interstellar matter, so in that sense, given enough time, a very significant portion will end up in next stars