Space telescope maps star’s ‘death spiral’ into a black hole

Some 290 million years ago, a star much like the Sun wandered too close to the central black hole of its galaxy

Astronomers discover massive black hole choking on stardust

Data from NASA’s Swift spacecraft, amongst other telescopes, suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts

Why don’t all telescopes have counterbalances?

We take a look at why the counterbalance is used by some telescopes but not all

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