Scientists have created the first detailed image of a star from another galaxy (photo).

Astronomers have created the first image of a star beyond the Milky Way. This star resembles an object wrapped in a cocoon. Previously, scientists could only observe stars from other galaxies as points of light, even with the help of telescopes. The star, named WOH G64, is located 160,000 light-years away from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This star is the largest in LMC and has a mass twice that of the Sun. A dust cocoon has been observed near WOH G64.

Astrophysicist Keiichi Nakamura from Chile noted that this could be related to a sudden ejection of material from the star that is about to explode. He explained that massive stars explode with energy equivalent to that of the Sun, which shines for 10 billion years. Astrophysicist Jakko van Loon from the UK remarked that this is the first observation of a star changing in a way that indicates its impending death. Typically, such changes last tens of thousands of years.