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Caroline Herschel - The first paid female astronomer in the UK
In 1787, thanks to discovering many new celestial bodies and assisting her brother, Caroline Herschel was paid by King George III and became a professional female astron…
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The biggest scam about life on the Moon
The story begins early in the summer when Benjamin Day, the founder of New York Sun, meets Adams Locke, who claims to be a major journalist, attended the University of C…
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Great innovations are born of the idea of
Surely you will be surprised to know the great inventions of mankind: modern medicine, gunpowder, telescopes ... come from the idea of partiality.
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You will be surprised to know what the gold dust particles in this photo are actually!
It seemed like it was just a piece of green paper with gold dust particles on it, but it wasn't that simple.
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Detecting mysterious laser signals in the universe
Learners at the European Space Agency (ESA) said the Herschel space telescope found two mysterious laser streams originating from a rare binary star system called the An…
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Stunned to discover about black hole nozzles
More unexpected detection involves black hole nozzles appearing in space.
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Overview of Saturn's moon Enceladus
Enceladus is Saturn's sixth largest satellite. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel in 1789 when he first used the world's largest telescope at that time, wi…
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The Herschel space telescope found the star group 8,000 light-years away
Human knowledge of the universe is limited by devices that discover the space that humans can create.
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Discover the 3rd largest dwarf planet in the solar system
Researchers believe that the diameter of 2007 OR10 is 1,535km. At this size, 2007 OR10 will be the third largest dwarf planet in the solar system.
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The mystery of the Dark Day in New England
The sky in New England, America, one morning in May 1780 suddenly darkened. People in the area panicked about the final Judgment Day.
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Witness the 'meal' of the super black hole
The Herschel Space Telescope has caused a great surprise for astronomers, when observing the extremely hot air being sucked into a black hole in the center of our Milky…
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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
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Discover the first oxygen molecule 1,500 light years from Earth
A group of scientists discovered the first oxygen molecules in deep space in the constellation Orion region, about 1,500 light-years from Earth.
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Discover the truth about misleading empty holes for years
A European telescope while looking for new young stars has a surprising discovery, which is a truly empty hole in space.