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The role of the sun during solar system formation
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The role of the sun during solar system formation

The strange oxygen atom mixture in an exploded meteorite in the sky of Pueblito de Allende, Mexico nearly 40 million years ago has caused scientists to suffer since that…

December 17, 2018
Discover the missing link of comet origin
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Discover the missing link of comet origin

An international team of scientists has found a strange object whose reverse and tilting trajectory may shed light on the origin of the comet.

December 17, 2018
The formation of planets in gas disks
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The formation of planets in gas disks

Astronauts are now able to study the planet-forming disk around young Sun-like stars, thereby revealing the movement and distribution of gas in the inner region of the d…

December 17, 2018
Detecting the minimum mass of the galaxy
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Detecting the minimum mass of the galaxy

By analyzing light from small galaxies, orbiting the Milkey Way galaxy, the researchers found the minimum mass of galaxies in the universe: 10 million times the mass of…

December 17, 2018
Power transmission by radio waves
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Power transmission by radio waves

John C. Mankins, a scientist who worked at the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), successfully tested the use of radio waves to transmit solar power at a distance of 148km betw…

December 17, 2018
Nebula halo - spectacular results
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Nebula halo - spectacular results

Stars are not large enough to carry out supernova explosions that end their lives by blowing most of their weight in a high wind.

December 17, 2018
The explosion in 1843 is a new form
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The explosion in 1843 is a new form

The terrible explosion of Eta Carinae seems to be completely dominated by a weaker form than a conventional supernova without destroying the star.

December 17, 2018