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Why is Jupiter not considered a star?
'A star is a spherical object in the plasma form, emitting light and resisting gravity by itself through nuclear fusion in its interior.'
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Caught another galactic 'through-the-air' laser that shot to Earth
The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa has captured a ghostly, laser-like cosmic object that traveled 5 billion light-weights to reach our world.
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A planet may be changing, coming to life right next to Earth
New evidence for Earth's neighbor planet - Mars - suggests it may be far from dead!
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'Second Jupiter' discovered 17,000 light-years from Earth
Analysis of a trove of old image data from the Kepler space telescope reveals a gas giant exoplanet very similar to Jupiter.
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What would the space station be without Russia?
In the weeks since the war in Ukraine, the International Space Station (ISS) has been seen as a symbol of cooperation for the sake of science and non-politics.
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The dying star unleashes mysterious circles
Astronomers have discovered that the red giant star V Hydrae is releasing strange smoke-like rings before exploding.
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Supernova has a strange 'reverse shock wave'
A new study reveals that a powerful shock wave traveling through a cloud of gas left behind by a star's exploding death has an oddity: Part of it is heading in the wrong…
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Radio telescope 30 times the diameter of Earth
China will launch an observatory orbiting the Moon to create a radio telescope with a diameter of 400,000 km.
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The idea of wrapping all of Venus to build a 'city in the clouds'
NASA scientist raised the idea of making hollow bricks suspended at an altitude of 48 km on Venus, forming the foundation to build a city.
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Astronomers have narrowed down the location of the most mysterious planet in the Solar System
Now, astronomers are edging closer to uncovering one of the biggest mysteries in decades - the ninth planet in the Solar System - a giant planet, which may be orbiting t…
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Important Discovery of Pluto's Ice Volcano
Ice volcanoes have been found to exist on a number of icy moons in the Solar System, however the ice volcanoes on Pluto have a different appearance from all other ice vo…
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China successfully launched the first 'hybrid rocket'
Long March-6A rocket using a combination of liquid and solid fuel made its first successful flight on March 29.
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The sun has been 'hibernated' for 70 years: A replica world has appeared
The 4-century mystery of a 70-year hiatus of the solar cycle is expected to be solved through the discovery of HD 166620, a star experiencing the same phenomenon.
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The observatory caught the signal of 97 newly born 'Solar System'
VLA and ALMA, humanity's two heavy-duty radio astronomical observatories, have collected spectacular data sets of 97 fledgling stars with protoplanetary disks.
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China develops technology to control space robots with brains
In the future, Chinese astronauts can control the robotic arm of the Tiangong space station with brain waves with 99% accuracy.