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Unusual red dwarf system detected
Astronomers have just confirmed the existence of two planets orbiting in very different orbits in the red dwarf system (called the GJ 15 system).
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New discovery: Collisions of neutron stars produce heavy elements of strontium
Astronomers have discovered the collision of two neutron stars in 2017 creating a heavy element of strontium alongside gold, lead and platinum.
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Fun little-known facts about the Milky Way
Although you know all your favorite restaurants and how to avoid traffic jams during rush hour, you're not sure you know every corner of the city. The same is true of th…
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Discovered 20 new moons of Saturn
Astronomers at the Carnegie Institute of Science have discovered just 20 new moons of Saturn using the Subaru telescope in Hawaii.
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The black hole in the Milky Way flashes fiercely when 'eating' a star
Astronomers have observed the black hole MAXI J1820070 in the Milky Way flashing brightly while 'gobbling up' a neighboring star.
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The giant gas planet only takes 18 hours to orbit the host star
Astronomers found a Jupiter-like exoplanet located very close to the orange dwarf star 1,060 light-years from Earth.
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Researchers are about to film a supermassive black hole
Astronomers will use a virtual telescope larger than Earth to record a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way in real time.
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Find the oldest cluster of galaxies
International astronomers announced the discovery of a cluster of galaxies formed in the first phase of the universe more than 13 billion years ago.
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Shocking theory: The mysterious 9th planet in the Solar System could be a black hole
Some astronomers have just hypothesized that the mysterious 9th planet in the Solar System may not be a planet, but actually a primitive black hole.
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Look for strange signals from distant exoplanets
A group of astronomers is looking for strange signals from distant exoplanets, or so
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6 'quiet' galaxies suddenly become the brightest quasars in the universe
Astronomers discovered a mysterious phenomenon when six 'quiet' galaxies became the brightest quasars in the universe in just a few short months.
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'Projection' of the strange substance Propadiene on the Saturn Titan moon
Astronomers using NASA's Infrared Telescope (IRTF) discovered propadiene - a colorless, flammable gas known as a specialized welding fuel in the stratosphere of the Moon…
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Giant telescope captures signals from the universe
The world's largest radio telescope FAST detected more than 100 radio signals from a source three billion light-years from Earth.
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Discover the giant planet with weird orbits
Astronomers have just discovered a planet with an 'unlike anyone' orbit, moving around the central star like a comet instead of like other planets.
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'Lava moon' discovered outside the Solar System
Astronomers found evidence of the existence of an unknown moon full of active volcanoes.