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The sun is not the perfect sphere
Space science

The sun is not the perfect sphere

Scientists recently used the RHESSI spacecraft (NASA) to test the sun's roundness with unprecedented accuracy. They discovered that the sun was not the perfect sphere.

December 17, 2018
The role of the sun during solar system formation
Space science

The role of the sun during solar system formation

The strange oxygen atom mixture in an exploded meteorite in the sky of Pueblito de Allende, Mexico nearly 40 million years ago has caused scientists to suffer since that…

December 17, 2018
Discover the missing link of comet origin
Space science

Discover the missing link of comet origin

An international team of scientists has found a strange object whose reverse and tilting trajectory may shed light on the origin of the comet.

December 17, 2018
The formation of planets in gas disks
Space science

The formation of planets in gas disks

Astronauts are now able to study the planet-forming disk around young Sun-like stars, thereby revealing the movement and distribution of gas in the inner region of the d…

December 17, 2018
Detecting the minimum mass of the galaxy
Space science

Detecting the minimum mass of the galaxy

By analyzing light from small galaxies, orbiting the Milkey Way galaxy, the researchers found the minimum mass of galaxies in the universe: 10 million times the mass of…

December 17, 2018
Power transmission by radio waves
Space science

Power transmission by radio waves

John C. Mankins, a scientist who worked at the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), successfully tested the use of radio waves to transmit solar power at a distance of 148km betw…

December 17, 2018
Black holes are only big or small
Space science

Black holes are only big or small

Sometimes a black hole is like a giant cosmic beast that has billions of times the mass of the sun. But is there a medium-sized black hole?

December 17, 2018
The mystery of young stars near the black hole
Space science

The mystery of young stars near the black hole

The mystery of the formation of young stars under the giant gravity of black holes has been revealed by a group of astrophysicists at the University of St Andrews and Ed…

December 17, 2018