Signs of a Dark Object in Deep Space Warping a Cloud of Gas
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A peculiar cloud of gas in deep space is distorted oddly. According to astronomers, the shape of the cloud of…
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Scientists See Giant Structure “Hidden” Behind Our Galaxy
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In our quest to explore the universe, we are often surprised by everything that’s out there. Yes, space is massive….
Here is a 554-Million-Pixel Image of the Remnants of a Star
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Using the VLT Survey Telescope, scientists have captured the remains of a giant star. About 11,000 years ago, a massive…
Haumea: This American Football-Shaped World is the Strangest in the Solar System
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NASA scientists have used computer simulations to figure out how the dwarf planet Haumea became one of the most unusual…
Unprecedented energy burst that traveled 1.9 billion years swipes over Earth
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An unusually bright, long-lasting pulse of high-energy radiation swept over Earth on Oct. 9, captivating astronomers around the world. A…
Black Hole “throws up” stellar remains 3 years after eating a star
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Four years ago, in October 2018, a small star came too close to a black hole located in a galaxy…
Astrophotographer Captures 1.6 Million-Kilometer Plasma Plume Erupting From the Sun
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Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy, who earlier this year snapped, together with his colleague, one of the most detailed photographs of the…
Chandra and Webb Data Combined Produce Breathtaking New Photographs
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We have come an awesome way from exploring the universe since the very first telescope was created. An eyeglass maker…
Harvard Astronomer Maintains ‘Oumuamua Was Alien Tech
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Astronomical objects in interstellar space that are not gravitationally bound to stars (such as asteroids, comets, or rogue planets) are…
10 Curiosities About the Historic Black Hole Photographs
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Half a century ago, astronomers first hypothesized that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy….
Using Rogue Planets as Spaceships, Aliens Could Colonize our Galaxy
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According to a study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology, researchers suggest that a better way of finding extraterrestrial…
Pioneer 11, the First Spacecraft to Visit Saturn, Celebrates Its 49th Anniversary
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Pioneer 11: Chronology of the Mission Launch and Jupiter flybys Launched on April 6, 1973, Pioneer 11 flew past Jupiter…
Strange Glass Spheres and 4 Other Discoveries on the Moon
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Chang’e 4 mission overview The automatic station Chang’e-4 made a soft landing on the far side of the moon on…
5 Things You Should Know About the First Quadruple Asteroid System
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Astronomers confirmed the first quadruple asteroid in history – this is Elektra from the Main Belt, which has now acquired…
Happy Galileo Day—Here are Galileo Galilei’s Greatest Discoveries
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Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist, astronomer, astrologer, and philosopher, considered together with Francis Bacon to be the founder of…
Planck Time and Length—Key Points to Help You Understand
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We are used to living in a world of large, macroscopic things. Everything that the average person encounters during the…
Harvard Astronomers Maintain Oumuamua Might Have Been Alien Tech
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Harvard astrophysicists Amir Siraj and Avi Loeb have refuted the recent hypothesis that Oumuamua was а “nitrogen iceberg”. Scientists suggested…
Supernova Blast to be Visible From Earth in 2037
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Astronomers have discovered the third appearance of a gravitationally lensed supernova explosion dubbed Supernova Requiem. The images of the phenomenon…
Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku Says Science Should Pay Attention to UFOs
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10 Things You Need To Know About The Briefest Supernova Gamma-Ray Burst
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Astronomers have recorded the shortest gamma-ray burst ever produced by the collapse of a massive star. The discovery may question the generally accepted classification of gamma-ray bursts based on their duration.
Researchers Find Massive Structure in Deep Space That Could Break our Understanding of the Cosmos
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Observations of thousands of galaxies made with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope (pictured) have revealed a giant arc of…
Alien Life More Likely to Exist in Worlds With Underground Oceans
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Decades ago, nobody would have believed that there was water on other planets. And yet, now we know that even…