Jake in the desert on Nostr: First detailed image of a star outside our galaxy captured (image on the left below - ...

First detailed image of a star outside our galaxy captured (image on the left below - image on the right is an artist's interpretation).

'160,000 light-years away, a star 2,000 times the mass of the Sun is dying. Now, that star has been imaged as never before—extremely up-close—revealing details of the star’s activity and surrounding structure.'

https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-take-remarkably-zoomed-in-image-of-red-supergiant-star-2000527117

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