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European telescope enters the universe
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European telescope enters the universe

On May 14, 2009, two European telescopes Herschel and Planck will be launched into orbit from the Kourou space airport (French Guiana).

December 17, 2018
The eye of the Helix Nebula
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The eye of the Helix Nebula

The large market camera of La Silla Observatory (ESO) has just captured a picture of Helix planetary nebula.

December 17, 2018
The poisonous comet approached the earth
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The poisonous comet approached the earth

Today, the blue two-tailed comet sprayed poisonous gas called Lulin to the closest position to the earth, with a distance of about 60 million kilometers or 160 times fro…

December 17, 2018
American satellites plunged into the sea
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American satellites plunged into the sea

Yesterday, America's CO2 emission satellite named Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) fell to the area near Antarctica, shortly after leaving the launch pad due to technic…

December 17, 2018
'Alone alone' old but still in good shape
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'Alone alone' old but still in good shape

The oldest known lone asteroid has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory. This extremely ancient back object turned out to be surprisingly powerful.

December 17, 2018
Measure the size and shape of the small planet
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Measure the size and shape of the small planet

Marco Delbo from Côte d Observatory 'Azur, France, spoke about the research he directed:' Knowledge of small planets' sizes and shapes is crucial in understanding how to…

December 17, 2018
Two cosmic
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Two cosmic

The Los Alamos National Laboratory observatory observes for the first time that two distinct hotspots seem to be bombarding the Earth with an enormous amount of cosmic r…

December 17, 2018
Detect extremely bright stars in the sky
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Detect extremely bright stars in the sky

The Spitzer Space Observatory has found a star that is 3.2 million times brighter than our sun, probably the brightest star in the Milky Way. It weighs 150 to 200 times…

December 17, 2018
The star that everyone missed
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The star that everyone missed

An X-ray observatory discovered a star exploding in the Milky Way, but observers have not noticed this event at all.

December 17, 2018
White dwarf missing in planetary nebula
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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,…

December 17, 2018