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.

The star, situated in a galaxy orbiting our own tens of thousands of light-years away, may be on the verge of a spectacular ...

Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years ...

Ohnaka and his team found an egg-shaped shell of dust and gas surrounding WOH G64 - a dying star about 160,000 light-years ...

Astronomers have captured the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, taken during a dramatic moment near the end ...

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A recent study in Astronomy & Astrophysics asserted that the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI) provided the remarkable sharpness needed to image the star ...

The zoomed-in view was made possible by the European Southern Observatory's powerful Very Large Telescope Interferometer ...

This is an image of 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 ...

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

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 ...