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Pink nebula Omega
The new image of the Omega Nebula captured by the Southern Observatory (ESO) VLT telescope is one of the clearest shots taken from the ground. Pink dust in the center of…
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The American Observatory finds a new name
One of the most famous astronomical stations in the world is organizing a contest to find new and more appropriate names.
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The most terrible telescope starts
ALMA (abbreviated Atacama Large Millimeter Array), the world's largest telescope installed at the Observatory between the Atacama Desert, at an altitude of 2,900 meters,…
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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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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 world's largest telescope is ready to operate
The world's largest radio telescope network is ready to operate phase 1 in the Atacama desert in northern Chile.
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Continue searching for aliens
The Institute for Extraterrestrial Life Research (SETI) has received more than $ 200,000 in funding for re-operation after a period of research interruption due to lack…
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Chile - astronomer's paradise
With its height, dry atmosphere, rarely recorded and quiet rainfall, the Atacama desert in northern Chile has been chosen by astronomers as a place to place some telesco…
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Found a source of rain on Saturn
Observations of the European Herchel Space Observatory show that it was water fired from Enceladus satellite that created circles of water clouds around Saturn.
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Discover the first oxygen molecule 1,500 light years from Earth
A group of scientists discovered the first oxygen molecules in deep space in the constellation Orion region, about 1,500 light-years from Earth.
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NASA captures a star image
Thanks to an orbiting observatory called WISE, NASA scientists have captured shock waves caused by a star that is fleeing in the universe at speeds of up to 54,000 miles…
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Russia discovered a new Comet
Ria Novosti, a news source from the Astronomical Bureau of the International Astronomical Union, said Russian astronomers for the first time in the last 20 years ...
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The fierce childhood of Tien Nu
Tien Nu, a galaxy spiraling closest to the Milky Way, formed after the collision between two smaller galaxies.
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Admire the youngest and smallest black hole in the universe
With the help of the Chandra X-ray Observatory astronomers, NASA scientists have found evidence of the existence of a black hole ...