(Peissker et al., ApJ, 2022) Researchers discovered this star, named S4716, thanks to the evolution of observation and analysis techniques. It was clearly seen in data from five different ...

Researchers have discovered the fastest star in the known universe. The star, called S4716, orbits the Sagittarius A black hole in the centre of our Milky Way, located at a distance of 100 AU ...

The star is officially called "S4716" and orbits Sagittarius A*, the black hole situated at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. It completes one full orbit in four years and comes as close to 100 ...

The short-period, compact orbit of S4716 is quite puzzling,' Michael Zajacek, an astrophysicist at Masaryk University in Brno who was involved in the study, said. 'Stars cannot form so easily near ...

The star, S4716, orbits Sagittarius A*, the ... Using the first science image released by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) this month, an international team of scientists with significant ...

The star, S4716, orbits Sagittarius A*, the ... In a bold vision to secure Europe's role in space exploration and so benefit from the many scientific, economic, and societal rewards, ESA is ...