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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 pair of black superholes is 400 million light years from Earth
Two super black holes revolve around each other, only 400 million light-years from Earth discovered by scientists.
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The supernova explosion is 55 million light-years from Earth
David Sand at the University of Arizona, USA, received a notification from the PROMPT telescope in Chile about the SN 2017cbv supernova explosion at one of the 500 galax…
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Discover mysterious radio waves 3 billion light years from Earth
The origin of the mysterious signals, known as radio waves (FRB), is still unclear. Some argue that they can be emitted from black holes or neutron stars with extremely…
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Discovering a tiny star, about 600 light-years away from Earth
Scientists have discovered the smallest star ever. The star is about the size of Saturn, smaller than Jupiter, with gravity 300 times stronger than Earth.
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Discovered the galaxies about 10,000 million light-years from Earth
On July 16, Astronomical Journal reported that a group of astronomers discovered one of the brightest galaxies and thousands of light years away from other galaxies.
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Strange signals from the star are 11 light years from Earth
Scientists at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico on May 12 discovered abnormal radio signals that were most likely coming from Ross 128, a red dwarf star.
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The raw material of life is 400 light years from Earth
The molecule methyl isocyanate, the material that forms life, was discovered around a young star 400 light-years from Earth.
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The supernova explosion can destroy Earth from 50 light years
The distance of death between supernova explosions and Earth is twice that of previous scientists' estimates.
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Things you don't know about the speed of light
Light moves at a speed of nearly 300,000 km / sec (about 1 billion km per hour). It only takes more than a second to reach the moon and about 8 minutes to reach the Sun.
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The magnetic field million light years in the universe
German scientists discovered the largest magnetic field created by collisions between galaxy clusters.
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What is the light year? How many kilometers is a light year?
When it comes to the distance of other Sun stars in our sky, people do not use miles or kilometers, but use a unit of measurement called Light years.
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Detecting exotic galaxies, about 359 million light-years from Earth
Scientists have discovered a rare galaxy, about 359 million light-years from Earth, that has a unique circular structure that has never been seen before.
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The perfect spherical star is 5,000 light-years from Earth
German astronomers discovered a giant star with almost perfect spherical shape at 5,000 light-years from Earth.
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'Super Earth' is 32 light-years away from the solar system
Spanish scientists discovered