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NASA discovered the giant galaxy surrounding the cosmic black hole
NASA has just discovered a giant galaxy codenamed MS0735 surrounding a large black hole located farther away from Earth than humans have ever known.
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Discovering the planet is very similar to the earth
NASA's Kepler telescope discovered eight new distant planets, including the most Earth-like planet found to date.
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Steam appears outside the planet like Neptune
For the first time, scientists determined the chemical composition of the atmosphere of a distant planet, far smaller than Jupiter.
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Europe closed the day of landing on the comet
The European Rosetta spacecraft, on November 12, will drop a probe landing on a distant comet in the universe.
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NASA spacecraft is on its way to Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has passed Hai Vuong Tinh's orbit, is on its way to the distant Pluto and is expected to orbit the planet next July.
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Discover the birth of ancient galaxies
For the first time astronomers have captured the fleeting image of a giant galaxy in the newly formed phase when the universe is about 3 billion years old.
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Discover the farthest star in the Milky Way
Haverford University (USA) researchers have found the most distant stars in the Milky Way, a finding that could help determine the formation of our galaxy.
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The galaxy has 3 black holes
Scientists have discovered a distant galaxy harboring not only one but three black holes in its core.
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The moment of birth of a star
The Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning images of the birth of a distant star.
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Specimen worth 800 million USD
Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) is planning to collect specimens from distant asteroids to bring them back to Earth to study.
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The galaxy was discovered when the universe was 650 million years old
Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescope have simultaneously discovered one of the most distant galaxies ever.
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Detecting water in a strange planet's atmosphere
Astronomers have found signals that there is water in the air of five distant planets.
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Find the farthest galaxy
Texas astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy ever, pictured when the new universe is 700 million years old.
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Discover the solar system 7 planets
The appearance of the seventh planet around a distant star has turned it into one of the most planetary systems ever observed.
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Earth used to catch supernova dust
The specimen taken from the Pacific shelf may hold evidence of a distant supernova explosion, which rained high-energy particles on Earth several million years ago.