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Strange radioactive molecules found in space are amazing
For the first time, scientists have discovered a radioactive molecule in space and it comes from an ancient stellar explosion.
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Asteroids explode in the sky of Russia
The meteorite exploded with a 2.8 kiloton energy, creating a brilliant fireball in the daytime, visible in many Russian cities.
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740 million light years away is a completely different universe of black holes
Despite the decades of research, what is gained about cosmic black holes remains just as salty as the potential for knowledge provided by them.
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Supernovae can cause extinction 2.5 million years ago
Scientists say that the Earth is experiencing the sixth mass extinction event due to human activity.
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Unexpectedly, the most remote, lonely neutron star in the universe
The new neutron star has been identified as a rare star, has a low magnetic field and has no companion with any star.
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4 types of explosions create supernovae
The collapse of supergiant stars or collisions between two white dwarfs can lead to the formation of supernovae.
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Unexpected information about the galaxy merged after the Big Bang
By looking at the ancient past of the universe, the researchers found collisions beginning about 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, much earlier than originally antic…
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Russian astronomers donate the newly discovered black hole to Professor Stephen Hawking
While gamma-ray bursts occur quite frequently and can be observed every day, this observation is almost impossible.
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Meteor makes the night sky as bright as day in Russia
Many residents in the Urals mountains, Russia, reported seeing a blazing fireball lighting up the night sky before making a loud bang.
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The energy explosions emanating from deep in space are of strange origin
Fast radio bursts (FRB) are one of the most mysterious and compelling phenomena with energy coming from deep in the universe.
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The supernova explosion is 10.5 billion light-years away from Earth
Astronomers first discovered super-bright supernova explosions about a decade ago.
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The explosion caused meteorites to pass through the sky in the United States, suspected of causing earthquakes
When meteorites plunged down, many people saw bright light shining in the sky with a loud sound and the earth shaking.
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The miniature gamma-ray burst in the laboratory
An international group of scientists from the US, France, England and Sweden first created a miniature version of the laboratory of a gamma ray explosion.
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Stars explode affecting the weather on Earth
Cosmic rays come from supernova explosions and the Sun's magnetic activity affects the weather on Earth.
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The discovery of the neutron star collision is 'breakthrough' of 2017
Experts say the explosion that occurred 130 million light years ago generated about half of the universe's gold, platinum, uranium and mercury.