Скачать или смотреть First Close-Up of a Star Outside Our Galaxy: WOH G64’s Baffling Cosmic Mystery Explained

Discover the groundbreaking discovery of WOH G64, the first star outside the Milky Way imaged in detail. This aging red supergiant in the Large Magellanic Cloud has baffled experts with its asymmetric dust cocoon and sudden dimming. Could this be due to an unstable mass-loss episode or a hidden binary interaction? Join us as we explore the cutting-edge observations from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) and what they reveal about the chaotic final phases of massive stars. Learn how this discovery challenges current astrophysical models and opens new avenues for understanding stellar evolution. Keywords: WOH G64, red supergiant, Large Magellanic Cloud, VLTI, GRAVITY, stellar evolution, supernova, astrophysics, cosmic mystery.