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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
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
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
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
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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Astronomers discover a superfast star coming out of supermassive black hol
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 13 (ANI): Travelling at an extreme speed of six million km/hour, astronomers observed an ultrafast star ejected by a supermassive black hole at the heart at the Milky Way five million years ago.
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Saturn outshines Jupiter with discovery of 20 new moons!
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 9 (ANI): It's time to move over Jupiter and hail the new moon king - Saturn!
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Astronomers detect water vapour on an exoplanet
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 15 (ANI): In their quest to find a planet where conditions can lead to the proliferation of life, astronomers have discovered water vapour on the exoplanet K2-18b.
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