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Hybrid Solar Eclipse: All you need to know about first solar eclipse of 20
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The world is going to witness a rare astronomical event on Thursday - a hybrid solar eclipse. It takes place when a total eclipse and the annular solar eclipse occur at the same time.
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New discovery sheds light on very early supermassive black holes
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
One of the most extreme galaxies known to exist in the very early Universe has a fast-expanding black hole, according to astronomers from the Universities of Texas and Arizona. New information about the creation of the first supermassive black holes is revealed by the discovery of the galaxy
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Research details wide diversity of galaxies in the early universe
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed that the structures of galaxies in the early universe were much more diverse and mature than previously known. Scientists compared images of hundreds of galaxies taken by JWST for the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CE
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Research reveals how global warming affects astronomical observations
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): Astronomical observations from ground-based telescopes are sensitive to local atmospheric conditions. Anthropogenic climate change will negatively affect some of these conditions at observation sites around the globe.
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Researchers discover 11 undetected space anomalies
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered 11 previously undetected space anomalies, seven of which are supernova candidates.
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Planet parade to grace dawn sky in June
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 1 (ANI): A delightful view of all five naked-eye planets will line up in the dawn sky in June, according to a monthly American magazine, adding that all of them will also be in their proper order from the Sun.
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Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn to align in straight line this week after 100
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 27 (ANI): After 1,000 years, a rare and unique astronomical event will take place during the last week of April when four planets including Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will align in a straight line in the eastern sky for around one hour before the s
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Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy ever
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Cambridge [US], April 20 (ANI): An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant astronomical object of all time: a galaxy. Shining only about 300 million years after the Big Bang, it may contain the oldest stars in the universe or a supermassive black hole.
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China Matters explored the World's Largest Radio Telescope FAST
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 14 (ANI/PR Newswire): FAST, or the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, is the largest radio telescope in the world. It is not only an achievement of Chinese astronomical science and technology, but marks an important step in the astronomical explorat
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Widest ever separation of brown dwarf pair discovered by scientists
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
California [US], February 21 (ANI): A brown dwarf is an astronomical object that is an intermediate between a planet and a star. Brown dwarfs usually have a mass less than 0.075 that of the Sun or roughly 75 times that of Jupiter. A team of astronomers has discovered a rare pair of brown dwa
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'True' Blue Moon to appear on August 22
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): If you are a selenophile, then this news might interest you! The American Astronomical Society has just indicated that if the skies would be clear this weekend, then the full moon of Sunday, August 22, will be a 'Blue Moon'.
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SAD asks Centre, state governments to reduce fuel prices
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], February 21 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday asked both the Central government and the Congress government in the state to reduce petrol and diesel prices with immediate effect to give relief to the common man from the unbearable astronomical hikes in petr
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