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Detecting ... elephant head on Mars
The image below makes people think of an elephant on Mars. But this is actually a lava flow that forms the shape of an elephant head. The photo was taken by a high-resol…
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Super big project NASA: Fly to the Sun.
NASA experts started an unprecedented big project about studying the Sun. They will send this planet a Solar Probe Plus, a solar device close to the solar crown and work…
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Discovered that 9 'super-Earths' can support life
On March 23, the Southern European Observatory (ESO) reported that they had found 9
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NASA launched 5 missiles measuring wind speed in space
The missiles will be launched on March 14 at NASA's Wallops Flight Center in Virginia, USA. They are responsible for collecting information about the high flow of the at…
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Interstellar material
NASA's interstellar zone exploration program (IBEX) has obtained the best and most complete view ever of what is outside our solar system. New measurements provide clues…
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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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Close-up of the Milky Way's twin brothers
Astronomers have just announced a picture claimed to be the most beautiful ever about NGC 6744, a spiral galaxy described as human
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America finds extraterrestrial life on 86 planets
The Green Bank Telescope, a giant radio telescope in the West Virginia region (USA), began collecting signals of extraterrestrial life on 86 planets that might resemble…
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There are at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way
Scientists have for the first time estimated the number of planets in our galaxy and published huge numbers: There are at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way.
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Spending 650 million USD to find extraterrestrial life
British scientists say they will host a $ 650 million program to look for the chemical signs of life on planets that orbit the distant stars.
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Before 'Big bang'
Dark circles are unusually low temperature cosmic regions. Could it be a trace of the universe before the big bang? Roger Penrose and Vahe Gurzadyan sought to prove a se…
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What Is an Event Horizon?
The event horizon is the boundary around a black hole beyond which signals cannot return to a distant outside observer. It is not a solid surface; it is a feature of spa…
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Sparkling colors of the nebula
The Omega Nebula, sometimes called the Swan Nebula, is a brilliant star nursery that is 5,500 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. As a st…
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Detecting the youngest and smallest mass dwarf in the vicinity of the Sun.
Astronomers have found 3 brown dwarfs with an estimated mass of less than one tenth of Jupiter's mass
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Stars form at record speeds in galaxies
When galaxies form, their stars form everywhere at the same time or just concentrate in the tiny central region?