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Australia, South Africa build super telescopes
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Australia, South Africa build super telescopes

Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a joint scientific project of more than 20 countries, aims to create the world's largest radio telescope, announcing on May 25 that South A…

December 17, 2018
Dig gold from meteors
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Dig gold from meteors

That scenario was unveiled by an American company, supported by renowned director David Cameron and leading executives from Google. Planetary Resources co-founder Peter…

December 17, 2018
The world's largest digital camera
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The world's largest digital camera

LSST's huge telescope is being designed and built by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the US. It will provide the ability to capture and observe the night sky in…

December 17, 2018
Aurora on Uranus
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Aurora on Uranus

For the first time, astronomers captured the aurora image that appeared on Uranus. According to Dailymail, the images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope show that surro…

December 17, 2018
China installs the largest telescope in Antarctica
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China installs the largest telescope in Antarctica

Researchers from China's 28th Antarctic team on April 18 said the country has completed the installation and testing of the Antarctic AST3-1 Exploration Telescope in thi…

December 17, 2018
New map of star systems
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New map of star systems

NASA has announced a new map with more than 560 million stars, galaxies and asteroids, many of which have never been known before.

December 17, 2018
Detect a rectangular galaxy
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Detect a rectangular galaxy

A rare rectangular galaxy with a jewel-like shape has been discovered by astronomers.

December 17, 2018
Jupiter 'grows' 2 more new moons
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Jupiter 'grows' 2 more new moons

The total number of 'natural satellites' orbiting this giant planet has been raised to 66, astronomers have revealed. Codenamed S / 2011 J1 and S / 2011 J2, these two mo…

December 17, 2018