Astronomers Find a Blinking Star Near the Center of the Milky Way

In this week's edition of new unexplained astronomical phenomena, a team of astronomers led by Dr. Leigh Smith from Cambridge found a star 100 times larger than our sun that nearly disappears from the sky every few decades. They also have no idea why it does so. The star, called VVV-WIT-08, is located 25,000 light …