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Never-Seen-Before Image Of Dying Star On Verge Of Supernova Captured

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Never-Seen-Before Image Of Dying Star On Verge Of Supernova Captured

Scientists have successfully captured the first detailed image of a dying star outside our Milky Way galaxy, wrapped in a strange, egg-shaped cocoon. The star, identified as WOH G64, is located 160,000 light-years from us in the Large Magellanic Cloud and is surrounded by a plume of gas and dust — suggesting it was in…

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Astronomers find the small, hot helium stars they had been looking for

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Astronomers find the small, hot helium stars they had been looking for

Astronomers have finally found a unique class of stars they had been looking for for a decade. While these stars – hot and relatively small orbs covered in helium – were predicted to be fairly common, astronomers hadn’t been able to find them. The discovery provides proof that the underlying theories are legitimate. Since stars…

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