A giant star is blinking near the center of our Milky Way galaxy like a stellar beacon, according to new observations by astronomers. The star is located more than 25,000 light-years away from Earth.

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For a period of several months, a huge star located more than 25,000 light-years from Earth got increasingly dimmer before eventually returning to its usual brightness. An obstruction of some kind ...

When astronomers peer into the depths of the Milky Way galaxy, which is our home, they can see a lot of stuff going on. There are endless stars swirling masses of gas and other features, but one light ...

Astronomers have observed the star is giving off the appearance that it is blinking deep within the Milky Way. The star, called VVV-WIT-08, is 100 times the size of the sun. Theories are that the ...

Astronomers have discovered what they call a giant "blinking" star towards the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The star is called VVV-WIT-08, and it's 25,000 light-years away from Earth. The ...

It's always a good sign when astronomers are blunt about how observations have puzzled them. One such confusing object, discovered by a project called the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea survey, or ...