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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.
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Quark matter in neutron stars
Inside the neutron stars is the 'noodle nucleus' - an unusual state of matter, consisting of subatomic particles called quarks.
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NASA sends images to Earth from a distance of 7 billion km
Photographs taken by the New Horizons spacecraft show stars seem to be in a different position than when viewed from Earth.
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Discovered that the brown dwarf closest to Earth contains the dust disk
Astronomers have announced the discovery of a brown dwarf star 332 light-years from Earth that could support planet formation.
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New findings on the early universe
New research results from the Hubble Space Telescope show that the formation of the first stars and galaxies in the early universe occurred earlier than previously thoug…
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'Interstellar guests' in the Solar System
Oumuamua is the first interstellar asteroid to fly over the recorded Solar System. However, the latest research shows that in our planetary system there may be many aste…
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Find the 'mirror image' of the Solar System
An alien planetary system orbiting the star has been found to have many similarities to the Earth and the Sun.
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Cosmic signals repeat on a 157-day cycle
Astronomers detected that the FRB 121102 signal was a second radio wave that traveled from deep space to Earth on a repetitive cycle.
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Stunning images of the cosmic 'snowflakes' in NASA images
NASA has just released a stunning image of stars from a globular cluster about 13,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
Animal world
Surprise the world's first spotted zebra
Unlike ordinary zebras, a tiny zebra variant with the world's first streaked and spotted spots has been discovered in Masai Mara (Kenya).
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How do scientists measure the mass of a star?
Almost everything in the universe has mass, from atoms and subatomic particles, to huge groups of galaxies.
Space science
We almost had the second Sun
Most star systems in the universe have two or three stars. However, the Solar System has only one star.
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Discover a new kind of explosion in the universe
Astronomers on Thursday said they have discovered a new type of stellar explosion, different from the gamma-ray and supernova explosion.
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Discovered the 'old' star nearly as close to space
The age of this star is only a few hundred million years smaller than the universe.
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The galaxy repeatedly pierced the Milky Way
The Sagittarius dwarf galaxy, about 26,000 light-years from the Milky Way galaxy, could be a boost to the Sun's formation.