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Fatal attraction burns bright between star and black hole

December 13, 2016

An extraordinarily brilliant point of light seen in a distant galaxy, and dubbed ASASSN-15lh, was thought to be the brightest supernova ever seen. But new observations from several observatories, including ESO, have now cast doubt on this classification.

Fatal attraction burns bright between star and black hole

Astrophysicists map the Milky Way

October 20, 2016

Scientists have created a detailed map of the Milky Way using two of the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescopes in Germany and Australia.

Astrophysicists map the Milky Way