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Discovering the planet has a year of 18 hours on Earth
Astronomers have found a planet with a radius twice as large as Earth, but a year there is only 18 hours on our planet.
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Jupiter will reach its brightest today
Tonight, Jupiter will reach its maximum brightness in the year. This is an opportunity for astronomers to see clearly the largest planet of the solar system.
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The tragic fate of Earth's
We can all breathe a sigh of relief: comet killer Elenin has swept close to the Earth but does not cause earthquakes or tsunamis as some predictions.
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For the first time, a photo of a planet is forming
An astronomer at the University of Hawaii has just captured the first direct image of a planet being born.
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The meteor shower appears this weekend
Astronomers will have the opportunity to see streaks of magic light when Orionid meteor shower peaks in the next two days.
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Ocean formed by Comet?
Surrounding the surface of the earth is mostly ocean, scientists say the oceans only formed about 8 million years after the planet was born.
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The cause of the Scheila meteorite explosion
On December 12, 2010, astronomers made a notable discovery: an asteroid named Scheila changed its shape and appeared a trail of light behind it, which looked like regula…
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Unprecedented discovery of supernovae
A group of astronomers at the Chalmers and Onsala Space Observatory recently discovered seven supernovae that had never before been known in a galaxy 250 million light-y…
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Little planet with huge mountains
American astronomers believe that the planet 'Vesta has the second highest mountain in the solar system, higher than anything on Earth, according to UPI news agency.
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Shooting NASA satellite images is falling in the universe
An amateur astronomer filmed an American 6-ton satellite falling in the universe and is expected to fall to Earth on September 23.
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Construction antenna detects low frequency waves in the universe
Leading astronomers from 9 countries around the world will meet to plan the construction of SKA, a hub for low-frequency wave detection antennas in Perth this week.
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Discovered a planet made of diamonds
Recently, astronomers from Swinburne Technical University in Melbourne (Australia) discovered a planet made up of diamonds outside the solar system.
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Discover the largest pair of black holes near Earth
NASA on August 31 said, using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to our Mil…
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The moment the supermassive black hole swallowed
For the first time, astronomers recorded a spectacular scene when a supermassive black hole tore and swallowed a star.
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96 stars were discovered in the Milky Way
International astronomers have discovered 96 new cluster stars hidden behind dust in the Milky Way after studying data from the VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observator…