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Extremely rare cosmic object has just been discovered in the Milky Way
A new member of a rare class of stars, known only in very limited numbers, has been discovered in the Milky Way.
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Mysterious repeat radio flash, 3 billion light-years from Earth
Astronomers have detected a mysterious repeating series of radio bursts (FRBs), emanating from a dwarf galaxy 3 billion light-years from Earth.
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Mysterious moon has hundreds of times more 'poisonous gas' than Earth: What if it catches on fire?
Unexpectedly, the moon Tithane, Saturn's moon, contains more combustible gases than Earth. However, if they accidentally caught fire, what would be the result?
Space science
Devil's star: New cosmic object shakes the scientific world
A ghost star refers to a new, strange, small but extremely massive object that scientists can't yet be sure of, blocking the light from a distant star from reaching Eart…
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Giant blue fireball fell from space to England
The UK Meteor Network (UKMON) has just released a startling image of a blue fireball flying across the sky that their 15 cameras have captured together. It has also just…
Space science
'Time Gate' reveals the scene of a galaxy containing Earth turned into a monster
What happened to the Earth-bearing galaxy billions of years ago has been reproduced by two galaxies, NGC 1512 and NGC 1510.
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Portrait of 'A-Cen Earth' habitable, only 4.37 light-years away
Of the two other solar systems closest to Earth, there must be a rocky, habitable planet that has designed its basic portrait: Earth α-Cen.
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Asteroid exploded in Russia in 2013: 'Death' returned after 4.5 billion years
The Chelyabinsk meteorite that caused horror when it exploded over Russia in 2013 has just been proven to be related to a giant collision that shattered the Earth, formi…
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Rare collision of dead stars may give new life
Like the phoenix, some stars can explode with life and emerge from the 'ashes' of previously passed stars.
Space science
Spacecraft photographed giant eruption on the Sun
The Solar Orbiter of NASA and ESA tracks the eruption on the Sun's surface from a distance.
Space science
A wandering black hole bends space-time, creating an illusion across the galaxy
For the first time, scientists have identified a black hole that wanders across the galaxy containing Earth.
Conquer Mars
Shock images: Spaceship captures... tree stumps on another planet?
The new image captured by the ExoMars spacecraft is absolutely stunning because what is in the image is nothing more than a giant root, with clearly visible growth rings.
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Discovered thousands of mysterious strings in the center of the Milky Way
According to a new image from a telescope, at the center of the Milky Way, there are nearly 1,000 mysterious magnetic strings. The pairs and clusters of filaments span n…
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The Solar System appeared a second Sun, some planets were thrown away or there was life?
Many recent studies have completely flipped the portrait of the Solar System.
Space science
Spooky universe: 5 scariest objects are besieging Earth
A tunnel swallowing the entire solar system, a bomb crater in the middle of a galaxy containing the Earth or a jellyfish from the dead suddenly appeared in the sky... ar…