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First Close-Up of Dying Star Beyond Milky Way Unveiled

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Source: The Guardian
First Close-Up of Dying Star Beyond Milky Way Unveiled
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Astronomers have captured the first detailed image of a star outside the Milky Way, revealing a red supergiant star, WOH G64, enveloped in an egg-shaped cocoon of gas and dust. This observation, made using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, suggests the star is in a transitional phase, potentially leading to a supernova. The star, located 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, has recently ejected its outer layer, a process that may be influenced by its rotation or a companion star.

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