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Astronomers discover unusual monster galaxy from early universe
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): An international team of astronomers has found an unusual monster galaxy that existed about 12 billion years ago when the universe was only 1.8 billion years old.
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Astronomers discover rare double nucleus feature in a 'Cocoon Galaxy'
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Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): Astronomers have revealed in a new study that the so-called 'Cocoon Galaxy' has a unique double-nucleus structural feature and shape.
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Never-before-seen images of Sun's turbulent surface released
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hawaii [US], Jan 30 (ANI): Astronomers on Wednesday (local time) released what they said were the most detailed images ever taken of the surface of our Sun.
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Scientists come across 'Vampire' star gorging on victim
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 25 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a 'vampire' star in the midst of a feeding frenzy, with the help of an automated program that is sifting through archived data from the decommissioned Kepler Space Telescope.
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Study suggests phosphorus molecules are formed in star-forming regions
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], Jan 15 (ANI): Astronomers after recent research have found that molecules with phosphorus are formed in the star-forming regions.
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Stars need a partner to create Universe's brightest explosions
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): A recent study by the University of Warwick observes that stars need to be in binary systems to create gamma-ray bursts. Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's brightest explosions, caused by massive collapsing stars.
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Study reveals some gnome galaxies host massive blackholes
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): A new hint towards finding out the early history of galaxy formation comes up as the astronomers discover 13 new black holes in some dwarf galaxies which are not more than a billion light-years away from our planet.
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Stellar heavy metals help astronomers trace history of galaxies
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Tokyo [Japan], Jan 10 (ANI): After recent research, astronomers have prepared a catalog of signs of nine heavy metals in the infrared light from supergiant and giant stars which can help them in tracing the history of galaxies.
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Study suggests 'goldilocks stars' are best places to look for life
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Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): Astronomers are looking for planets in the habitable zone of stars which is often called 'goldilocks zone' where temperatures are favourable for liquid water to exist on the surface of a planet.
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Astronomers measure expansion rate of Universe
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Maryland [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): Astronomers have measured the expansion rate of the universe using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope with a technique completely independent of any previous technique.
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Map of Milky Way Galaxy reveals presence of stellar nurseries wave
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 8 (ANI): Astronomers from Harvard University have found the presence of a wave-shaped gaseous structure named 'Radcliffe Wave' in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Gas disk around young planet raises questions on planet formation theory
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo (Japan), Dec 23 (ANI): In a recent study, astronomers have found a young star -- 49 Ceti -- using the instrument Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
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