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Light from the first stars
Space science

Light from the first stars

Astronomers have captured light from the first stars of the universe. Shortly after the Big Bang event about 13.7 billion years ago, the universe cooled down to allow at…

December 17, 2018
The lonely death of a star
Space science

The lonely death of a star

In 1006, the whole world stalled and stared at the sky when a giant star 7,000 light-years away from Earth,

December 17, 2018
Two meteor explosions at a galaxy
Space science

Two meteor explosions at a galaxy

The galaxy, called NGC 1187, was discovered in 1784 by the English astronomer William Herschel. Far from being calm and unchanging, it has

December 17, 2018
Perspective of the destruction of the earth
Space science

Perspective of the destruction of the earth

No one can accurately predict the future, let alone the time of the earth's destruction. In exterminating hypotheses that are logically deduced under the eyes of astrono…

December 17, 2018
Found a meteorite pattern falling in America
Space science

Found a meteorite pattern falling in America

On April 26, US scientists announced that small meteorite fragments found in the northern state of California were part of a giant fireball that exploded over the weeken…

December 17, 2018
Dark Star - Gift from the Universe
Space science

Dark Star - Gift from the Universe

Dark stars - super-condensed neutron stars - also known as the most special Physics labs in the universe. These super-celestial studies have been awarded two Nobel prize…

December 17, 2018
Constellations 13 billion years old
Space science

Constellations 13 billion years old

Our Milky Way series is surrounded by nearly 200 dense constellations, each with about one million stars on average. At the age of 13 billion years, these spherical cons…

December 17, 2018
Supernova origin
Space science

Supernova origin

With the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have lifted the long-standing mysterious veil of a star form, or its predecessor, to cause a supernova explosion in a galaxy…

December 17, 2018