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Found the biggest building block of life, about to land on a new planet
The largest molecule found in a disk of dust and gas orbiting a small star has been identified. It is a building block of life.
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Black hole closest to Earth is now a 'vampire'
HR 6819 aka Be Star, long thought to be the closest black hole to Earth, is something completely different, interesting and terrifying.
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Discovered an extremely rare X particle that existed from the very beginning of the universe
X (3872) is a short-lived matter particle that was recently revived in Switzerland.
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Space station detector finds source of strange 'blue ray' lightning
Scientists have finally got a clear view of the spark that produces a strange type of lightning called a blue spark.
Space science
A black spot the size of Earth appears on the Sun
The world's largest solar telescope in Hawaii took pictures of a giant sunspot on the Sun at the end of February.
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Two black holes orbiting will collide strongly in the future
Astronomers from Caltech have discovered that two black holes, 9 billion light-years from Earth, are on the verge of a merger.
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Planet from another galaxy constantly broadcasting radio waves to Earth?
This is the closest source of extragalactic radio waves ever recorded, the origin of which could be a neutron star companion or even a black hole.
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Detects a shock wave 60 times larger than the Milky Way
Scientists have discovered that the collision caused a shock wave 60 times larger than the entire Milky Way and about 100,000 light-years across.
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Life materials and a series of shocking things appear on the 'lost planet'
Ceres, the mysterious dwarf planet, the largest object in the asteroid belt, continues to amaze astronomers with what it possesses.
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The 'most dangerous' asteroid of the decade did not crash into Earth
Through careful observation, experts determined that the 70-meter-wide asteroid 2022 AE1 will pass 10 million km from Earth next year.
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Landsat 8 satellite takes pictures of millions of solar cells seen from space
The Landsat 8 satellite imaged the more than 5,700 hectare solar park in the Thar desert, which has a total capacity of 2,245 MW.
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Revealed 2 'semi-planets' born out of nowhere, connected through space
Two objects more advanced than the planet but failed to be considered a star, born as a couple but separated by 129 astronomical units.
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Spacecraft captures strange 'evil traces' on another planet
The strange, rippling mounds near the Hooke Crater area in the highlands south of the red planet are caused by dust demons.
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The difference between the three polar holes in the universe: Black holes have been discovered, so where are white holes and wormholes?
So far, there has been a lot of evidence to show that black holes really exist, even in reality, but white holes and wormholes still exist only in theory.
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Top 12 strangest objects in the universe
The universe contains countless strange things. Here are 12 of the strangest objects in space.