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The twinkling starry sky keeps the astronomical world on edge: for the first time in history, specialists have managed to create a detailed portrait of a star beyond the Milky Way! To their amazement, the researchers discovered that the distant giant star is surprisingly surrounded by an egg-shaped dust cocoon - and that it has much more in common with the stellar colossus Betelgeuse than previously thought! And yet, we must not forget that breathtaking star observations these days are not always recorded only by professional astronomers - but sometimes by simple amateur stargazers, who then share their unique images with the world! #TheSimplySpaceRU