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First detected oxygen molecule in another galaxy
Astronomers detected a sign that a large number of oxygen molecules exist in the Markarian galaxy 231, 560 million light-years from Earth.
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What is folding glass? Is it the future of the phone?
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is the first folding phone with a glass screen. Previous devices like the Samsung Galaxy Fold all have plastic screens.
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Mysterious signals from deep space are repeated in a 16-day cycle
According to a new study, a fast radio explosion (FRB) has been discovered coming from a galaxy 500 million light-years from Earth and it keeps repeating every 16 days.
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Use echoes of X-ray radiation to map cosmic black holes
The echo of X-ray radiation helps to identify the material properties swallowed by the black hole, the gas environment surrounding the black hole ...
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6 mysterious objects surround the black hole
Astronomers discovered six objects orbiting the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * in the center of the Milky Way, most likely a merged star cloud.
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Discover thousands of 'strange objects' from other galaxies surrounding us
These are invading stars, made entirely out of the material of the Milky Way - the galaxy containing the Earth.
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Wavy air structure in the Milky Way
Astronomers today announced the discovery of a wave pattern of wavy gas that reaches 9,000 light-years across our Milky Way.
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NASA publishes unprecedented images of the Milky Way's 'core'
The US space and space agency (NASA) has released a series of rare images of the center of the Milky Way.
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Found a giant galaxy, 2.5 times larger than the Milky Way galaxy
The US and NASA Space Hubble Space Telescope has discovered UGC 2885, the largest spiral galaxy ever recorded.
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Detecting bright galaxies like fireworks in the universe
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) on December 31, 2019 shared photos that reveal the structure and glow of the spiral galaxy NGC 4258.
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The magnetic field around the galaxy is 80,000 light-years wide
The telescope image reveals the magnetic currents above and below NGC 4631, a galaxy 25 million light-years from Earth.
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Close-up shot of the galaxy 85 million light-years away
NASA released the latest image of the IC 2051 spiral galaxy in the constellation Son Son taken with the Hubble space telescope.
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Discover the mysterious 'food source', feeding on supermassive black holes for millions of years
Scientists have revealed what they believe to have 'fed' supermassive black holes in the early universe.
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Could the Earth be the harsh place for life in the universe?
The universe contains hundreds of billions of galaxies, each galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars, and many stars have planets orbiting them, looking for extrat…