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How Are Exoplanets Detected?
Astronomers detect exoplanets through transits, stellar wobble, direct imaging, microlensing, astrometry and timing signals, then use follow-up observations to rule out…
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Assuming the size of the Earth is 1cm, what is the size of the largest star in the universe?
If the Earth were the size of a marble, the Sun would be the size of a yoga ball, and the largest star in the universe has a diameter that would be hard to believe.
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'Signs of life' found 1,000 light years from Earth
NASA's Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope has picked up the signal of tryptophan in the middle of a
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NASA/ESA captures 'gateway to another universe'
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking image from a distant region of space 1,350 light years away.
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Double quasars travel through 10 billion years to Earth, about to merge into a monster
A time-traveling image from 10 billion years in the past has just entered the
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Top 8 largest objects in the universe
Astronomers have discovered some of the most massive celestial objects in the universe, from planets to superclusters of galaxies.
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First 'hybrid' star and planet object revealed outside the Milky Way
Strange objects recently captured by the James Webb Space Telescope could reveal new secrets of the early universe.
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'Super volcano' explodes in the sky, tearing space apart
The Hubble Telescope captured an image that NASA describes as
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Astronomers unexpectedly discover a completely new phenomenon in outer space
A newly discovered type of stellar explosion could help us better understand thermonuclear explosions in dead stars.
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Australia releases chemical composition data of nearly 1 million stars
Australian researchers have made 1.08 million observations of 920,000 stars over the past 10 years, collecting information about chemical components such as carbon, nitr…
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For the first time, astronomers have measured the rotation speed of a black hole
Astronomers have determined for the first time the rotation speed of a black hole.
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Something never seen before in the universe appeared in the middle of the Cat's Paw Nebula
The Cat's Paw Nebula is one
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Detection of stellar gamma-ray flare from Messier 82
According to research published in the journal Nature on April 24, scientists have detected stellar gamma-ray flares from Messier 82, aka M82.
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Discovery of the largest stellar black hole ever in the Milky Way
A study published on April 16 said that astronomers have identified an unprecedented stellar black hole in the Milky Way.