Astronomers find a star 100 times greater than the sun that is sometimes darkened

Observations from telescopes have revealed over a hundred days the star of enorm, which is more than 25 thousand light years away, which was shadowing 97% and then slowly turning its former glow.

The dramatic and unexpected eclipse is probably caused by a nearby planet or by a dark - dusted star in the forehead blocking the light that would otherwise have reached Earth, reports The Guardian.

The “appears to have come from nothing,” said Dr. Leigh Smith from the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University [Cambridge].

Astronomers observed the mysterious star darkening through the Vista telescope, located in Chile.

The instrument has looked at billions of stars for almost a decade in search of light - variation examples.

This great star was in such a dense region of the galaxy. /Periscope