First Close Up Picture of Star Outside Our Galaxy Shows a Giant About to Blow

Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years from the Milky Way. Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years from the Milky Way. Stars and Galaxies, Space and Astronomy, Telescopes and Observatories, Astronomy and Astrophysics (Journal), European Southern Observatory NYT > Science