This image shows an artist’s reconstruction of the star WOH G64, the first star outside our galaxy to be imaged in close-up. It is located at a staggering distance of over 160 000 light-years away in ...

Astronomers have captured a close-up image of a dying star in a galaxy beyond our own—the first time this has ever been achieved. The star, WOH G64, is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite ...

For the first time, scientists have captured a zoomed-in photo of a star outside of our Milky Way galaxy. The image revealed surprising details about WOH G64, a giant star that is probably dying, ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists captured the first-ever close-up picture of a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy, ushering in a new era of cosmic study. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) released ...

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

NASA, ESA, A. del Pino Molina (CEFCA), K. Gilbert and R. van der Marel (STScI), A. Cole (University of Tasmania); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) Astronomers found ...

ESO's Very Large Telescope captured this image of the Sculptor Galaxy. ESO/E. Congiu et al. Caldwell 65, better known as the Sculptor galaxy, is bursting with stellar activity and dust-rich features.

Astronomers have created the most detailed image of a galaxy of its kind ever seen. The “incredibly detailed” picture shows parts of the Sculptor Galaxy that have never been seen before. Scientists ...

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral structure. But while it is impossible to get ...

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Rebecca McClain receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Adam Leroy receives funding from NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute that supports research related to the survey of NGC 253 ...