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Fireworks from a gamma ray star
Space science

Fireworks from a gamma ray star

Astronomers use NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope to observe explosions from the rest of a star 30,000 light-years away.

December 17, 2018
Cosmic Dawn
Space science

Cosmic Dawn

The images developed by scientists at Durham University's Cosmology Institute represent the

December 17, 2018
The oldest and coldest brown dwarf in the galaxy
Space science

The oldest and coldest brown dwarf in the galaxy

Our galaxy-like spiral galaxies are made up of several structural elements. The most prominent part of them is a flat disk in stars and gas that creates graceful long sp…

December 17, 2018
The young star is like the early Sun
Space science

The young star is like the early Sun

CoRoT satellite recently observed a star similar to the Sun at the age of about 500 million years, called CoRoTExo-2a.

December 17, 2018
Stars sparkle through photos
Space science

Stars sparkle through photos

NGC 2264 is located 2,600 light-years from Earth in the faint constellation Unicorn of Monoceros, not far from the familiar Hunter constellation of Orion.

December 17, 2018
Brown stars don't go with normal stars
Space science

Brown stars don't go with normal stars

Brown stars, objects smaller than stars but larger than planets, are becoming more and more confusing, according to a study of 233 star systems of NASA's non-gina Hubble…

December 17, 2018
3D image of supernova
Space science

3D image of supernova

Observed from Earth, Cassiopeia A object, the remains of a star block exploded 330 million years ago, looking like a colorful ball.

December 17, 2018
How brown stars form
Space science

How brown stars form

Astronomers have discovered evidence that brown stars have the same process of formation as normal stars.

December 17, 2018