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 away from us.
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 demise.
Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a dying star outside of Milky Way
Scientists announced Thursday that they had taken the first zoomed-in image of a dying star beyond our galaxy. The star is 160,000 light-years away in a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
See The First Ever Close-Up Picture Of A Star Outside The Milky Way
“For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way,” lead author Keiichi Ohnaka, an astrophysicist from Universidad Andrés Bello in Chile, said in a statement.
Astronomers photograph star outside of galaxy for the first time
For the first time ever, a team of astronomers has successfully captured a "zoomed-in" image of a star outside of our own Milky Way Galaxy. The newly imaged dying star, designated WOH G64, is about 2,
See first up-close picture of a star from outside our own galaxy
Astronomers have taken a zoomed-in photo of a star outside the Milky Way for the first time, the European Southern Observatory announced in a statement Thursday.
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 it.
Scientists take first "zoomed-in" image of a star outside our galaxy
Scientists said they took the first-ever close-up image of a star outside of the Milky Way, capturing a blurry shot of a dying behemoth.
Amazing image captures dying star in another galaxy for the first time
Imagine capturing a portrait of a cosmic giant so massive it could swallow our entire solar system thousands of times over — and doing so from 160,000 light-years away. That’s exactly what an international team of astronomers has accomplished,
See The First Close-Up Of A Star Outside Our Galaxy In A Weird ‘Cocoon’
WOH G64 is 2,000 times the size of the sun and is 160,000 light-years distant in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
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Astronomers take first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy
The star WOH G64, taken by the GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO's VLTI).This is the first close-up picture of a star outside our ...
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A High-Resolution View of the Distant Star WOH G64
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Dying stellar giant WOH G64: A glimpse beyond our galaxy
Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory in Chile have captured a unique image of the star WOH G64, located in the ...
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Unprecedented close-up of dying star outside Milky Way captured
Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory in Chile have captured a unique image of the star WOH G64, located in ...