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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
Find a planet as hot as the sun
Space science

Find a planet as hot as the sun

New scientists have discovered the hottest planet ever known by humans. It has a temperature of up to 2,250 degrees Celsius, equivalent to the heat at the surface of the…

December 17, 2018
Is there life on Jupiter's moon Europa?
Space science

Is there life on Jupiter's moon Europa?

With a negative average temperature of 260 degrees Fahrenheit, the atmosphere is almost non-existent, with a complex network of cracks in the ice that completely covers…

December 17, 2018
Molecular thermometer for distant universe
Space science

Molecular thermometer for distant universe

Astronomers using the giant telescope the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of Eso have for the first time discovered in carbon monoxide molecular ultraviolet radiation in a ga…

December 17, 2018
Hot climates can stop stratigraphic creation
Space science

Hot climates can stop stratigraphic creation

A new study of possible relationships between climate and geophysics on Earth and similar planets has found that the heat of a prolonged atmosphere can prevent stratigra…

December 17, 2018
Detecting cold stars never seen
Space science

Detecting cold stars never seen

A weak, lonely and dim star, the lowest temperature ever recorded in history has been discovered, only 40 light-years from Earth.

December 17, 2018
The coldest place in the universe has a boomerang
Space science

The coldest place in the universe has a boomerang

This butterfly-shaped nebula is located in the constellation Centaurusm, more than 5,000 light-years from Earth, and the coldest place in the universe. It forms around a…

December 17, 2018
The south pole of Hai King is the warmest
Space science

The south pole of Hai King is the warmest

A group of international astronomers who just discovered the south pole of Neptune is much warmer than other places on the planet. This finding is based on data from ext…

December 17, 2018
The magnetic field produces heat on neutron stars
Space science

The magnetic field produces heat on neutron stars

Burning by magnetic fields can play a more prominent role in the development of neutron stars than previous claims of Spanish and American scientists. The researchers an…

December 17, 2018
Discover planet half hot, half cold
Space science

Discover planet half hot, half cold

Thanks to the Spitzer telescope of the US Space Agency (NASA), astronomers first measured the temperature on a planet outside the Solar System and found it to have an ex…

December 17, 2018