Behemoth Star's Close-Up Image

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Close-up picture of star outside our galaxy looks like Eye of Sauron

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The ' Behemoth Star' WOH G64 is located 160,000 light-years from Earth in a neighbouring galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud .

The incredible image reveals a bright core surrounded by an 'egg-shaped' cocoon of dust and gas that looks just like the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings .

But scientists say the star's iris -shaped ring is actually a sign that this red supergiant could be on the brink of collapse.

The dying star has grown dimmer in the last 10 years as it jettisons its outer layers into space.

Dr Loon concludes: 'To have been able to take the image is a first step to see directly what is going on around some of the rarest types of stars, when they are doing wild things before dying that are hard to catch in the act. 'We had not expected to see this star do something really dramatic, and to have imaged that will help us understand the final phases in the lives of massive stars before they explode.'.

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