An international team of astrophysicists from South Africa, the UK, France and the US have found large variations in the brightness of light seen from around one of the closest black holes in our Galaxy, 9,600 light-years from Earth, which they conclude is caused by a huge warp in its accretion disc

A group of astronauts are trapped in orbit around the Earth after their space ship suffers catastrophic damage. A rescue ship is available to bring them home, but there is a catch. It has only four seats ― and there are seven of them.