Space science
How does light help people explore the universe?
State-of-the-art technology can send people to the moon and satellites to the edge of the Solar System. But these distances are nothing to the vast interstellar space
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Discover the mysterious 'food source', feeding on supermassive black holes for millions of years
Scientists have revealed what they believe to have 'fed' supermassive black holes in the early universe.
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Could the Earth be the harsh place for life in the universe?
The universe contains hundreds of billions of galaxies, each galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars, and many stars have planets orbiting them, looking for extrat…
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Christmas tree nebula in the constellation Unicorn
For Christmas, astronomer Jean Dean shares a stunning photograph of the NGC 2264 nebula 2,600 light-years from Earth.
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Ethiopia successfully launched the first satellite
ETRSS-1 satellite was put into orbit on December 20, marking a historic milestone in Ethiopia's space science development effort.
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'Extraterrestrial' exoplanet discovered as dense as cotton candy
Astronomers found nearly 15 exoplanets in the Kepler 51 star system with a density of less than 0.1 grams of matter per cubic centimeter.
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Astronauts over 70kg will not be allowed to fly to the Moon
Astronauts on Russia's Orel spacecraft will not be allowed to fly to explore the Moon if the weight exceeds 70kg.
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NASA's new discovery of 'interstellar space' of stars in the Milky Way
The new NASA image released on December 19 reveals the 'birthplace' of stars in our central Milky Way.
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Strangely enough, the monkey flew into space, on returning, it also disturbed an American destroyer
The monkey continued to live a long life, until it died in 1982 and was cremated.
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NASA released a new image of the Horse Head Nebula
The image was compiled based on data from many satellites showing the special shape of the Horsehead Nebula 1,500 light-years from Earth.
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Stunned to discover the most exotic new white dwarf in the universe
The discovery of a new strange white dwarf with an extremely low mass called KIC 8145411 suggests that they may be much more common than previously thought.
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The galaxy was discovered 13 billion light-years from Earth
Thanks to the ALMA telescope system in Chile, scientists observed MAMBO-9, a galaxy filled with cosmic dust and creating new stars.
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Jeff Bezos launches a rocket and sends thousands of letters into space
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has published a video about Blue Origin's success. In it, he brought thousands of children's letters to space through a new rocket model.
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GOCE satellite reveals surface structure under the Antarctic ice cover
Despite completing its orbit over six years ago, the European Space Agency's GOCE satellite, ESA, continues to bring new insights to our planet.
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NASA discovered a giant tornado on Jupiter
NASA's Juno observed a tornado covering an area of nearly 700,000 km2 during a flight close to the surface of Jupiter in November.