Ryan Ridden-Harper, has been conducting a study as part of his PHD, at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, when he saw the "vampire star". "It was a lucky find, pure chance," Ridden-Harper said, "we were looking through archived data from the Kepler Space Telescope. The discovery is called the "vampire star" due to the fact it behaves like a vampire, Ridden-Harper said. RYAN RIDDEN-HARPER/SUPPLIED Ryan Ridden-Harper of the Space Telescope Science Institute, said the discovery had been something of an "accident". While finding the star had been an amazing discovery, Ridden-Harper said his end goal was to find explosions in other galaxies.

Source: Stuff January 25, 2020 05:37 UTC