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The largest star ever known in the universe, hundreds of times more massive than our Sun
Hidden in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nebula just outside the Milky Way, lies what may be the largest known star in the entire universe.
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The Moon is slowly moving away from the Earth, possibly being pulled into the Sun and disappearing.
Our Earth may one day have no Moon.
Space science
You've Got the Solar System Wrong
Illustrations of the Solar System do not accurately represent the size and motion of the planets in space.
Archeology
2,500-year-old 'timeless' treasure appears in an extremely absurd place
2,500 years ago, at an abandoned ancient fortress in Italy, someone left a priceless and mysterious treasure for modern archaeologists.
Space science
The 'deadly' truth about the object that has baffled science for 18 years
PM 1-322 - a cosmic object that looks like a purple-blue ghostly eye staring straight at Earth - was discovered in 2005 but scientists have only now learned what it is.
Discover science
What happens when oxygen drops to zero on Earth?
After the oxygen disappears, a completely different Earth will be born. It is a world filled with methane, low CO2 levels and no ozone layer.
Space science
Can Vietnam observe the annular solar eclipse in October?
Millions of people in the Americas will be able to witness an interesting astronomical phenomenon on October 14, which is an annular solar eclipse (when the Moon is seen…
Discover science
The element of the sun god is giving scientists a headache
Helium is a simple element on the periodic table, named after the sun god. Yet modern theory and experiments on it have produced puzzlingly different results.
Space science
Rare moment Mercury passes the Sun captured by spacecraft
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft observed Mercury as it crossed the Sun, a rare moment.
Space science
Part of the Sun broke off, caught in the polar vortex
NASA instruments have captured the moment part of the Sun appeared to be completely detached and caught in a polar vortex.
Space science
The 'terrifying' truth about Pluto: Temperatures as low as -200°C, one year is equal to 248 Earth years?
Pluto, this mysterious planet far from the Sun, has always been the focus of research for astronomers.
Space science
Shocking discovery about the Earth's 'tail'
Not only does Earth have an extremely long tail where the Sun cannot shine, it also uses it to transform another celestial body.
Discover science
Which planet is the largest in the Solar System?
It is the fifth planet from the Sun and the oldest of the planets.
Space science
The Sun goes into hibernation, will the Earth usher in a new ice age?
By observing changes in the number of sunspots, scientists have discovered that solar activity shows periodic changes.
Space science
Does the Solar System have 5 more planets similar to Earth?
Some rocky planets like Earth are destroyed by the Sun.