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 its pinwheel appearance, has caused a lot of lost sleep among astronomers. But now they — and the entire planet — may finally breathe a sigh of relief. To shine a light on its unique spiral shape, a team of researchers at the Keck Observatory in Hawai'i took a closer look at the system, Wolf-Rayet 104, confirming that it's the result of its two constituent stars […]