An international team of astronomers observed the star, VVV-WIT-08, decreasing in brightness by a factor of 30, so that it nearly disappeared from the sky. While many stars change in brightness because they pulsate or are eclipsed by another star in
Scientists speculate the origin of observed dark, large and elongated object that passed between the earth and the distant star in the centre of the Milky Way
A mysterious blinking giant star found at the heart of the Milky Way represents another example of a rare eclipsing binary system. A mysterious blinking giant star found at the heart of the Milky Way represents another example of a rare eclipsing binary system.