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Traveling through time 55 million years, a world similar to ours has materialized.
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has just released spectacular images of a mirror world within the Milky Way galaxy, which contains Earth.
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NASA catches 'interdimensional' signal from world 12.8 billion years ago
NASA's Nel Gehrels Swift Observatory has picked up an incredible signal from a mysterious world in the early universe.
Space science
For the first time, researchers have discovered two supermassive black holes closer than ever before.
Black holes are a very scary astronomical object and cannot be observed directly, but they can be detected using other physical solutions.
Space science
The world's first extremely detailed lunar map
Before man first set foot on the Moon, Johannes Hevelius published a detailed lunar atlas down to every crater.
Space science
Floating 'space ocean' discovered, with 3 times more water than Earth
In the place where one or more planets may be forming, astronomers have found three times more water than Earth's oceans combined.
Space science
Rare detailed image of sunspot
New images of the Sun's surface reveal sunspots and other structures in greater detail than ever before, CNN reported on May 25.
Space science
Researchers discover first 'conjoined' twin planets in the universe
The ALMA radio observatory in Chile's deadly Atacama Desert has just collected incredible data from a pair of giant planets bound together in a single orbit.
Space science
Image discovered recording a black hole jet colliding with a mysterious object
This discovery raises big questions about the nature and identity of this object in deep space.
Space science
Before it collapsed, the observatory received a strange signal 'from the dead'
Scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI - USA) have found a 'treasure' in the data left by the Arecibo observatory.
Space science
For the first time, humanity has recorded the final moments of a giant star.
This is the first time scientists have captured a close-up image of a giant star located outside the Milky Way galaxy using the European Southern Observatory's Very Larg…
Scientific works
China completes giant sphere to hunt for ghost seeds
China is one step closer to measuring the mysterious neutrino particle after installing a giant spherical detector underground in Guangdong province.
New technology
World's largest digital camera ready for action
The world's largest digital camera, perched atop a mountain in northern Chile, will capture images of the entire night sky in stunning detail and reveal some of the myst…
Archeology
Mysterious stone circle may be world's oldest observatory
Researchers suspect the ancient stone circle of Nabta Playa was used to determine the summer solstice, signaling the coming rainy season.
Space science
25 mysterious sources continuously transmitting radio signals to Earth discovered
25 mysterious sources that emit so-called
Space science
The Sun Just Released Its Strongest Magnetic Storm in 7 Years
The Sun has just unleashed its strongest solar flare of cycle 25, causing a radio communication blackout in some areas of Earth.