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Detecting the youngest and smallest mass dwarf in the vicinity of the Sun.
Astronomers have found 3 brown dwarfs with an estimated mass of less than one tenth of Jupiter's mass
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New evidence of dark matter around small galaxies
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has just discovered a new convincing evidence that galaxies are surrounded by dark matter halo.
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New recipe for dwarf galaxies
There is more than one path forming a dwarf galaxy, and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has found the new formula.
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The oldest and coldest brown dwarf in the galaxy
Our galaxy-like spiral galaxies are made up of several structural elements. The most prominent part of them is a flat disk in stars and gas that creates graceful long sp…
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The two dimest lights in the universe
The object that holds the record for the darkest star-like object in the universe is a twin star
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Discover the darkest galaxy in the universe
The research team, led by Yale University astronomer, has discovered the darkest material-filled galaxy ever known.
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Detecting the minimum mass of the galaxy
By analyzing light from small galaxies, orbiting the Milkey Way galaxy, the researchers found the minimum mass of galaxies in the universe: 10 million times the mass of…
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The halo in the galaxy is full of stars
The new map of the halo of stars around the Milky Way has recently revealed the structure of intertwined stars, many lines of stars have never been discovered.
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Pluto adds 'brother'
Two years ago, Pluto was no longer considered a planet and along with Ceres and Iris, it was classified as the dwarf planet of the Solar System. Recently,
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The twin twin stars are very different
The newly discovered process of the youngest pair of twin stars revealed surprising differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly the size of both.
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White dwarf missing in planetary nebula
Let's see this as a case of the missing dwarf. A group of astronomers must perform interstellar field investigations. They had two suspects, signs of attack and assault,…
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The specter of the galaxy
A group of international astronomers have identified giant star streams in the periphery of two nearby spiral galaxies. For the first time, they get a panoramic view of…
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Detecting cold stars never seen
A weak, lonely and dim star, the lowest temperature ever recorded in history has been discovered, only 40 light-years from Earth.
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Discover the largest diamond block in the universe
Astronomers have discovered the largest diamond in the universe. This diamond weighs about 10 billion thousand trillion caes. This cosmic diamond takes the form of a gia…
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Pluto gets 'demoted' again.
After being dethroned by the solar system's planet in 2006 and classified as a dwarf planet, Pluto was once again downgraded to a lower rank by the dwarf planet Eris.