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Photograph of early gamma ray burst
UK astronomers using the Swift NASA telescope have recently recorded information about the early stages of a gamma-ray burst.
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Pair of 'dancing' black holes in the galaxy
US astronomers have discovered the existence of two giant black holes moving like dancing around each other, in a distant galaxy.
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The cosmic dust spraying furnace
Cosmic dust annoyed astronomers because they prevented them from observing their distant stars.
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Fireworks from a gamma ray star
Astronomers use NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope to observe explosions from the rest of a star 30,000 light-years away.
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Astronomers map the history of the Universe
British astronomers are trying to expand our knowledge of the history of the Universe with a new project to understand the beginning and formation of galaxies.
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The universe creates a black hole in front of a galaxy
US astronomers have claimed that galaxies are not the first entity in the universe, because supermassive black holes have appeared before them.
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The light area is beyond the reach of astronomers
Astronomers are still unable to explain a mysterious bright area discovered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope for the first time in 2006.
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Learn the formation of the planet through
Astronomers used unexpected objects to study the development of planets - dead stars.
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How brown stars form
Astronomers have discovered evidence that brown stars have the same process of formation as normal stars.
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Omega Centauri: Globes of the southern sky.
Omega Centauri is one of the most beautiful pearls in the southern hemisphere sky, perfectly illustrated in the latest ESO photo.
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'Mars used to have many oceans'
The accumulation of a number of chemical elements in the northern hemisphere of Mars makes American astronomers believe that the ocean once existed on the red planet.
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Detecting water on a Saturn satellite
American astronomers argue that clouds of dust and gas escaping from one of Saturn's satellites may contain water, an important factor for life.
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Approaching the discovery of Earth's twin brothers
Planet hunters said it was only a matter of time before they found Earth's twin brothers.
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The supernova of the wild cousin of SN 1987A
Astronomers have recently discovered that a relative of a strange exploding star was once thought to be unique in the universe. For more than two decades they have thoro…
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The strange magnetic field of the star
Astronomers have discovered the most bizarre cosmic object flashes 40 times before disappearing. It is possible that this is a missing link in the neutron star family, t…