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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

Deep space images shed light on dark matter

July 10, 2015

New images of deep space are helping to shed light on dark matter, the invisible material that accounts for more than 80 per cent of all the matter in the Universe.

Deep space images shed light on dark matter