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Super sharp image capturing Neptune from Earth
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the Southern European Observatory (ESO) has received the first light rays after activating the new adaptive optical mode.
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How long does it take to traverse the vast Milky Way with the speed of light?
The Milky Way, the galaxy that holds us and the Solar System, is a large place. It is so big that we may never get out of it. So if there is a chance, how long will we g…
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Stunned to find a source of cosmic rays from the star system Eta Carinae
Located 7,500 light-years from Earth, the Eta Carinae star system is formed by two stars that are 90 and 30 times the mass of the Sun, extending 225 million km (140 mill…
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New astronomers have a discovery that will surely make everyone excited
Specifically, astronomer Helen Giles - the study author has found a new planet, named EPIC248847494b, located 1800 light years away.
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10 strange natural phenomena that cannot explain in the Solar System
There are many strange things in the orbit of the Sun that astronomers have not yet liked. Here are 10 unexplained natural phenomena in our Solar System.
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Discovered three newly formed planets in our galaxy
These three young planets orbiting a star called HD 163296, are about 330 million light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.
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Detects sparkling diamond dust in the universe
Cosmologists have used the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to examine 14 newborn star systems, located in the Milky Way, and discover a strange kind of light.
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740 million light years away is a completely different universe of black holes
Despite the decades of research, what is gained about cosmic black holes remains just as salty as the potential for knowledge provided by them.
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Proved Einstein's theory of relativity at the galactic level
Through this discovery, scientists attest that Einstein's theory of relativity still applies to giant scales, which here are applied to an entire galaxy.
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Detecting the outer three planets about the size of the Earth
The planets were discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, by tracking the obscured light of the host star as the planet passes through the star's bright region.
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The glowing galaxy is 28 million light-years from Earth
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the details of the galaxy IC4870, UPI on 8/6 reported. IC4870 stands out from the picture with a series of other stars around.
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Foreign planet where a year lasts 19.5 days
Indian scientists point out an extraterrestrial planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun 600 light-years from Earth, Science Alert reported on June 11.
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The galaxy deforms 100 million light-years from Earth
Galaxy NGC 3256 has a distorted shape due to the formation of a collision between two spiral galaxies.
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The galaxy is 13.28 billion light-years from Earth
Cosmologists at University College London yesterday announced enlarged photographs and new findings about the MACS1149-JD1 galaxy, the farthest galaxy ever discovered.
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The longest total eclipse of the century will take place in July
Not only is it obscured, the Moon will be red by reflecting light from the Sun, creating a spectacle, according to Newsweek.