Historic First: Detailed Image of Dying Star Beyond Our Galaxy
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Astronomers have captured the first detailed image of WOH G64, a dying red supergiant star located 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. The image reveals the star's expulsion of gas and dust, forming a cocoon-like structure around it, providing insights into the end stages of stellar life. This breakthrough allows scientists to better understand the dynamics of such stars as they approach a supernova explosion.
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