Astronomers find blinking giant star near heart of Milky Way
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#5JY1Y)
Huge star, 25,000 light years away, dims by 97% then slowly returns to former brightness
Astronomers have spotted a giant blinking star, 100 times the size of the sun, lurking near the heart of the Milky Way.
Telescope observations revealed that over a few hundred days the enormous star, which lies more than 25,000 light years away, dimmed by 97% and then slowly returned to its former brightness.
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