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Discover planet full of water
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Discover planet full of water

BBC said, the planet, named GJ 1214b, was discovered in December 2009 by underground telescopes but astronomers only knew it was bigger than Earth and smaller than Jupit…

December 17, 2018
Detect abnormal substances in the universe
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Detect abnormal substances in the universe

Thanks to NASA's Spitzer telescope, astronomers have discovered in space space fullerenes or solid-state carbon atoms that were previously found only in gases.

December 17, 2018
Jupiter 'grows' 2 more new moons
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Jupiter 'grows' 2 more new moons

The total number of 'natural satellites' orbiting this giant planet has been raised to 66, astronomers have revealed. Codenamed S / 2011 J1 and S / 2011 J2, these two mo…

December 17, 2018
Uncover unprecedented galaxy clusters
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Uncover unprecedented galaxy clusters

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discovered a cluster of galaxies while in its infancy. This is the most remote solar system galaxy ever observed, NASA s…

December 17, 2018
Pink nebula Omega
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Pink nebula Omega

The new image of the Omega Nebula captured by the Southern Observatory (ESO) VLT telescope is one of the clearest shots taken from the ground. Pink dust in the center of…

December 17, 2018
Discover the first 4 peripheral planets in 2012
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Discover the first 4 peripheral planets in 2012

According to the researchers, the discovery of peripheral planets does not stem from the Kepler space telescope of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) or any other space tele…

December 17, 2018
Astronomy with new fields: Dark matter
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Astronomy with new fields: Dark matter

Astronomers have for the first time drawn a map of dark matter with the widest scale ever observed. Their findings reveal a complex cosmic grid of dark matter and galaxi…

December 17, 2018
Detect large clusters of galaxies
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Detect large clusters of galaxies

Officially called ACT-CL J0102-4915, the researchers discovered that this cluster of galaxies gave it the nickname

December 17, 2018
Supernova origin
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Supernova origin

With the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have lifted the long-standing mysterious veil of a star form, or its predecessor, to cause a supernova explosion in a galaxy…

December 17, 2018
The substance that makes life
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The substance that makes life

Hubble Space Telescope discovered signs of the existence of complex organic molecules, important components of living cells, on the surface of Pluto.

December 17, 2018