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The European Southern Observatory publishes the image of a space spider web 800 light years from our planet About 11,000 years ago, in a place not far from our planet (at least as far as the universe is concerned), a giant star reached the end of its life. The star, after millions of years illuminating the southern constellation of sails, exploded in a supernova. The burst concluded a huge shock wave that, in turn, disturbed the intermittent gas and formed a colorful space web. The image of this 'ghost star' It has been captured by a team of scientists from…