The supermassive black hole rotates at the speed of light
For the first time astronomers have measured the rotation speed of a supermassive black hole, and it rotates at nearly the speed of light.
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For the first time astronomers have measured the rotation speed of a supermassive black hole, and it rotates at nearly the speed of light.
Chilean astronomers said that for the first time they observed directly a planet picturing inside a disk of gas and thick dust at the star system 335 light years away.
The robotic arm of the robot grabbed Dragon at 10:30 am on March 3 at GMT (17h31 on the same day in Hanoi) when both objects flew above northern Ukraine at an altitude o…
Not only spending 501 days in a harsh cosmic environment, the couple was selected by American millionaire Dennis Tito to join a private journey to Mars that would have t…
2013 EC meteorite was discovered by Mount Lemmon observatory in Arizona (USA) on March 2 last. It is about 10 to 17 meters in size - the size of meteorites exploding in…
Eclipse Travel - a travel company in the city of Bonn, Germany - and two Air Partner and Air Berlin airlines will hold a special flight on March 16.
The Chelyabinsk government, Russia, which was attacked by a meteorite in the middle of last month, is expected to launch a new perfume with the scent of meteorites, whic…
Scientists have obtained the first data on the chemical composition of meteorites, falling into the Chelyabinsk region. The analysis showed that it contained a large amo…
Strand-1, the first satellite in the world is controlled
A recent report published by NASA said the 2013 asteroid ET, about 100 meters long, equivalent to a 35-storey building, will fly over the Earth on Saturday, March 9.
Official Alexei Temerov of Star City Space Training Center (Russia) revealed that Russia will bring the first female astronaut to space in 2014.
For the first time in history, scientists have accurately measured the distance from the Earth to the nearest galaxy.
Mars and Earth are two completely different planets. Mars is dry and cold. Its surface pressure is 1,000 times lower than the pressure at sea level on Earth.
According to Radio Voice of Russia, Russia's Blitz satellite, which works in conjunction with the international laser remote sensing system, collided with the debris of…
Last month astronomers discovered six super-fast stars flying very fast near the black hole in the center of the Milky Way, where the dust density was so great that the…