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Construction of the world's largest radio telescope begins
The Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKO) can peer deeper into the universe than any previous radio telescope, providing sharper images than Hubble.
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Neutron stars have a magnetic field 1,000 times stronger than normal
NASA astronomers discovered a very young and powerful neutron star, about 16,000 light-years from Earth.
Scientific works
The world's largest observatory stopped working due to Covid-19
The ALMA Observatory in Chile was forced to halt its long-term operation due to Covid-19 and may miss many important cosmic events.
Space science
Scientists take pictures of the planet being born
The huge telescope (VLT) of the Paranal Observatory in Chile captures an image of an exoplanet forming around the star AB Aurigae.
Space science
Discover the largest explosion ever seen in the universe
Astronomers have published images of the explosion that occurred inside the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, about 390 million light-years from Earth.
Space science
This new satellite is designed to observe planets outside the Solar System
CHEOPS is the result of cooperation between the European Space Agency and the University of Bern.
Space science
Detect oxygen in the atmosphere of ancient stars
This discovery provides important clues as to how oxygen and other key elements are created in the universe.
Space science
NASA's new discovery of 'interstellar space' of stars in the Milky Way
The new NASA image released on December 19 reveals the 'birthplace' of stars in our central Milky Way.
Space science
Activate the radio telescope in the dark area of the Moon
China and the Netherlands work together to operate a radio observatory in a satellite orbiting the Moon's dark side in order to receive signals after the Big Bang.
Space science
4 galaxy clusters collide 3 billion light-years from Earth
4 clusters of galaxies, each hundreds of trillion times the mass of the Sun, will gradually merge into a giant structure.
Space science
Shocking truth: Many galaxies are being hunted
According to a Carbon Monoxide Survey project (VERTICO), experts are investigating in detail why galaxies in the constellation Virgo are killed by their environment.
Environment
Human emissions are 100 times more volcanic eruptions
Every year, human activity releases carbon, which causes the climate to warm up, 100 times more than when all the volcanoes on Earth were active, a decades-long study pu…
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The series of photos won the Astronomy Photography 2019 to make viewers ecstatic because of the beauty of the universe
From photos that capture beautiful aurora, to lunar eclipses and eclipses. All winning photos bring a beautiful view of astronomy.
Space science
The earth is getting strange signals from bubble objects
The South African Radio Astronomical Observatory has received radio signals from a pair of giant bubbles near the cosmic monster Sagittarius A * of the earth-containing…