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Travel to the 'star nursery' 160,000 light-years from Earth
Scientists use telescope images in Chile to reconstruct a trip to discover the Tarantula nebula, where many new stars form.
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Video: Travel to the 'star nursery' 1,500 light-years from Earth
NASA combines images from Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes to discover the Orion nebula about 1,500 light-years from Earth.
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Video: Flyte - Floating light 'can light 22 years
The incandescent bulbs have existed for over 100 years, they have contributed a great part to the development of the human civilization.
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Summary of the best news of the week 04/02/2017
What is the light year, NASA press conference announcing the 2nd Solar System, strange creatures robbing spacecraft, good food for the health ... are the most interestin…
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It is clear that the cosmic black hole is 250,000 light-years from Earth
South African scientists have introduced clear images obtained from MeerKAT including the black hole center on the Milky Way, 250,000 light-years from Earth.
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The US produces about one billion light-years of sunlight
US scientists use lasers to create the brightest light on Earth, one billion times brighter than the sun's surface.