Astronomers capture the first detailed image of WOH G64, a star 2,000 times bigger than the Sun, as it nears its supernova stage, 160,000 light-years away.

Astronomers have snapped the first detailed close-up image of a star outside the Milky Way, and what they found is amazing.

Scientists at the European Southern Observatory have revealed a photograph showing a close-up image of star WHO G64, a red supergiant.

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Like a performer preparing for their big finale, a distant star is shedding its outer layers and preparing to explode as a supernova. Astronomers have been observing the huge star, named WOH G64, ...

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For the first time, astronomers have captured a close-up image of a dying star beyond our Milky Way. This milestone, achieved by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer ...

A star more than 160,000 light-years from Earth has just become the epic subject of the first close-up portrait of a star in another galaxy.