First close-up image of a star outside Milky Way shows supergiant in ‘cocoon’
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Astronomers have captured the first detailed image of a star outside the Milky Way using the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. WOH G64, located 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, is surrounded by an egg-shaped cocoon of gas and dust. This suggests the star may be nearing its final stage before becoming a supernova. The image's resolution is equivalent to seeing an astronaut on the moon from Earth, providing new insights into stars in other galaxies.
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