Star appears to lack elements like calcium, silicon and magnesium, but does have europium, uranium and gold
Previous estimates ranged from 500 billion to 3 trillion solar masses
Up to 97 per cent of stars in the Milky Way will end their lives as white dwarfs
Second-largest image ever released by Hubble
No need to pack bags just yet
Cosmic event will not cause any disruption on Earth, say scientists
Dubbed Antlia 2, the ghost galaxy sits just 130,000 light-years away from the Milky Way
Apparent presence of scandium, vanadium and yttrium less than three light years from black hole 'an optical illusion'
A 'defining event' in the early history of the Milky Way
High-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars made by Gaia space observatory