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First zoomed-in picture of an extragalactic star ESO News

ESOcast SD by ESO

Nov 21, 20241:27Science & Medicine

Thanks to ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have taken the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy, more than 160 000 light-years from us. The star is surrounded by a giant cocoon of dust...

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First zoomed-in picture of an extragalactic star ESO News is an episode from ESOcast SD by ESO. Thanks to ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have taken the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy, more than 1...

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Published Nov 21, 2024, 1:27 long, audio available.

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