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How Are Exoplanets Detected?
Astronomers detect exoplanets through transits, stellar wobble, direct imaging, microlensing, astrometry and timing signals, then use follow-up observations to rule out…
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What Are Exoplanets?
Exoplanets are planets beyond our solar system. They range from small rocky worlds to giant planets and can orbit stars very different from the Sun.
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How Do Astronomers Detect Exoplanets?
Astronomers usually detect exoplanets indirectly, by measuring how a planet changes the light, motion, or gravitational behavior of its host star.
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The Big Bang theory has collapsed; what will happen to the universe?
Renowned plasma physicist and astronomer Eric Lerner shocked the scientific community by claiming that the Big Bang never happened.
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How many planets are there in the universe?
Astronomers estimate there are about 100,000 trillion billion planets in the universe based on the assumption that every star has a planet orbiting it.
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Strange objects discovered at the center of the Milky Way
Astronomers have found six objects orbiting the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way, with appearances and characteristics unlike anythi…
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400 galaxies, including our own, are being drawn toward a mysterious
Astronomers have found that 400 galaxies, including our own, are being pulled toward
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Discovering the first merging galactic cores at the dawn of the universe
Astronomers have discovered two active black holes merging at the furthest distance ever seen, about 900 million years after the Big Bang.
History
Before the software 'king' Bill Gates, the world had a talented modern science 'boss'
If Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University to found the leading technology company Microsoft, then before the billionaire, there was a great man who did the same th…
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NASA discovers cross-like structure in the middle of the galaxy
NASA astronomers recently discovered a cross-shaped structure that resembles a crucifix located at the center of the galaxy.
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The world's first extremely detailed lunar map
Before man first set foot on the Moon, Johannes Hevelius published a detailed lunar atlas down to every crater.
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Science reassesses possibility of asteroid Apophis hitting Earth
According to the latest observations and calculations, there is still a certain risk that asteroid Apophis will change its orbit and hit Earth in 2029.
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The Deadly Truth About How the Earth May Have Come to Be
An Earth twice as large is impossible, because astronomers have just found a dead planet desert.
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Floating 'space ocean' discovered, with 3 times more water than Earth
In the place where one or more planets may be forming, astronomers have found three times more water than Earth's oceans combined.
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The 'terrifying' truth about Pluto: Temperatures as low as -200°C, one year is equal to 248 Earth years?
Pluto, this mysterious planet far from the Sun, has always been the focus of research for astronomers.