A team of astronomers used three instruments from the Keck Observatory to study WR 104, a stellar system nicknamed the 'death ...

We now know it's oriented in such a way that its gamma-ray burst would not ... led some to nickname WR 104's star the 'death star'. "Our view of the pinwheel dust spiral from Earth absolutely looks ...

New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...

For over a decade, a star system on the verge of unleashing a deadly gamma ray burst appeared to have its guns trained on Earth. The so-called "Death Star," which is also famed for looking like ...