Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, the stars in open cluster KMHK 1231 are loosely bound by gravity and surrounded by crimson gas and dust of the nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
It is among the largest stars on record and is also extremely luminous. It is one of the most massive red supergiants (RSGs) as well. The star lives in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which is the ...
Scientists capture first-ever detailed image of the dying star WOH G64, located 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, revealing its dramatic ejection of gases before a potential ...