First Detailed Image of Distant Star on Verge of Supernova

Astronomers have captured the first close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way, specifically the red supergiant WOH G64, located 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This star, about 2,000 times larger than the sun, is in its final stages before becoming a supernova, shedding gas and dust. The image, taken by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, reveals an egg-shaped cocoon around the star, indicating significant changes in its structure.