All posts tagged "Astronomy"
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1.6KScience NewsThe Biggest Map Of The Galaxy Ever May Change Astronomy
Gizmodo shared some exciting news from the European Space Agency (ESA). Astronomers of the agency’s Gaia mission have released the biggest map...
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1.1KScience NewsAmateur Astronomer Captures First Ever Images Of A Supernova
An amateur astronomer got incredibly lucky while testing his camera one night – he accidentally captured several images of a star moving...
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938Science NewsExoplanet Is Pitch-Black, Astronomers Find
Astronomers have found that the exoplanet WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear pitch black. An international team of astronomers from...
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1.2KScience NewsMeet The Planet That’s Hotter Than Most Stars
Scientists have found the hottest – and most bizarre – exoplanet. Found in the constellation Cygnus, some 650 light years away from...
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1.3KScience NewsWorld’s Largest Telescope Begins Construction
The world’s largest optical telescope will soon be ready. Construction on the European Extremely Large Telescope began on Friday in Chile. When...
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1.8KScience NewsBinary Star System Predicted to Merge and Explode in 5 Years
Researchers from Calvin College of Apache Point Observatory and the University of Wyoming predict that a binary star system will merge and...
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1.6KScience NewsAstronomers Found The Roundest Star In The Universe
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and the University of Gottingen have found the roundest object in the...
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1.8KScience NewsNew Potential Dwarf Planet Discovered By Astronomers
Pluto may soon have companions, as astronomers announce that they have found another likely dwarf planet in the busy area beyond Neptune....
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2.1KScience NewsCrab Nebula’s “Heartbeat” Captured By Hubble Telescope
NASA’s Hubble telescope has once again made history in astronomy: it has captured images of the supernova Crab Nebula’s pulsing “heart.” The...
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1.7KScience NewsJuno Probe Captures First-Ever Video Of Jupiter’s Moons Moving
NASA’s Juno probe famously made it to Jupiter on July 4, and in the time since, has given scientists – and the...
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1.7KScience NewsScientists Detect Most Distant Oxygen In Ancient Galaxy
Scientists have discovered traces of oxygen in one of the world’s first – and most ancient – galaxies, created just after the...
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1.6KScience NewsMore Gravitational Waves Detected, Einstein’s Predictions Confirmed
Physicists at the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Waves Observatory (LIGO) are incredibly excited over the second observation this year of a breakthrough...
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2.1KScience NewsSupernova Shockwave Seen For The First Time
Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a supernova with the help of the Kepler Space Telescope, NASA has announced. The international team...
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2.0KScience NewsGravitational Waves Detected, Albert Einstein’s Theory Confirmed
Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity a century ago has now finally been discovered by scientists to be true and has...
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2.3KScience NewsBabylonians Discovered Astronomical Geometry Before The Europeans
Astronomers from ancient Babylonia discovered astronomical geometry some 1,400 years before Oxford’s medieval mathematicians, according to new research. Until now, 14th century...
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2.2KScience NewsPotential Ninth Planet, Most ‘Planet-y’ Of Planets, To Be Discovered
Researchers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have gathered evidence that a ninth planet, dubbed “Planet Nine”, exists. With the demotion of...
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1.9KScience News‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Not Explained By Comet Swarm Theory
Late last year, astronomers noted the discovery of a strange light pattern emanating from the distant star known as KIC 8462852 and while one...
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1.9KScience NewsBrightest Known Galaxy Being Torn Apart By Supermassive Black Hole
A growing supermassive black hole located in the heart of the most luminous known galaxy in the universe, W2246-0526, is emitting so much energy...
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2.7KScience NewsRegular Telescopes Can Observe Black Holes
Astronomers at Kyoto University, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the RIKEN Institute and Hiroshima University have found that black holes can be observed using...
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2.4KScience NewsNearby Supermassive Black Hole Generating Powerful X-Ray Emissions
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered that a nearby supermassive black hole is generating powerful outbursts of x-ray emissions. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory...
