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The Sombrero Galaxy's star-forming days are nearly over — and the James Webb Space Telescope may know why
The James Webb Space Telescope's brand-new image of the Sombrero Galaxy casts this city of stars in a new light — ...
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Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a dying star outside of Milky Way
Known as WOH G64, the star is 2,000 times larger than the Sun and classified as a red supergiant, scientists said.
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Astronomers reveal the first detailed image of a dying star in another galaxy
Ohnaka and his team found an egg-shaped shell of dust and gas surrounding WOH G64 - a dying star about 160,000 light-years ...
First-Ever Detailed Image of a Star Outside Milky Way—and It Could Explode
The star, situated in a galaxy orbiting our own tens of thousands of light-years away, may be on the verge of a spectacular ...
Scientists captured an image of a star beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever
Scientists have finally imaged a star outside of the Milky Way for the first time. Here's what it looks like and how they did ...
No one had seen a close-up of a star outside the Milky Way — until now
Astronomers have been able to look at the sun and a handful of other stars in the Milky Way up close, thanks to modern advances in telescopes. But getting a detailed view of a star outside the galaxy ...
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ESO Telescope Captures Stunning First-Ever Shot Of A Star Outside The Milky Way
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI) took the first ...
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UCL Scientists Propose Major New Telescope
An international team including UCL researchers have received €3 million from the European Union to complete a conceptual ...
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Astronomers capture first close-up of dying star in another galaxy
Scientists have obtained an unprecedented image of WOH G64, a massive red supergiant star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, as ...
2 million mph galaxy smash-up seen in unprecedented detail
A massive collision of galaxies sparked by one traveling at a scarcely-believable 2 million mph (3.2 million km/h) has been ...
Powerful telescope captures rogue galaxy colliding with another at 2 million mph
The collision was triggered by a rogue galaxy, hurtling through space at an incredibly high speed of 2 million mph.
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James Webb Space Telescope unveils surprising 'Red Monsters' in the early universe
For a long time, astronomers believed galaxy formation followed a very specific model: cosmic gas collects in clumps, stars ...