1 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:10,260 Dead Star Circled by Light 2 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:19,000 Spectacular new images from ESO’s VLT have helped identify a new, isolated neutron star, beyond our galaxy. 3 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:25,740 The stellar corpse is 200 000 light years away... 4 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:33,840 … and is surrounded by a ring of gas that is the remains of a 2000 year old supernova explosion. 5 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:41,740 Neutron stars are usually only 10 kilometres in diameter but weigh more than the Sun! 6 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:50,480 They are thought to be very common in the Universe but are very difficult to find. 7 00:00:51,420 --> 00:00:59,220 This discovery might lead to new ways of finding these exotic stellar remains. 8 00:01:03,180 --> 00:01:07,680 Transcribed by ESO; Translated by —