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Astronomers map mysterious element in space, reveals study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lund (Sweden) [Europe], February 24 (ANI): A research team has provided an important clue to the origin of the element Ytterbium in the Milky Way by showing that the element largely originates from supernova explosions. The groundbreaking research also provides new opportunities for studying
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New catalogue of stars reveals chemical history of Milky Way, says study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Indiana [US], February 22 (ANI): The Milky Way Galaxy has an end number of mysteries in it that still need to be deciphered by scientists and astronomers. Now, University of Notre Dame researchers, along with collaborators in China and Australia, published a new sample catalogue of more than
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Astronomers offer new theory about mysterious location of massive stars
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Atlanta (Georgia) [US], February 3 (ANI): A star's life begins with the gravitational collapse of a gaseous nebula of material composed primarily of hydrogen, along with helium and trace amounts of heavier elements. Now, astronomers from Georgia State University have found an explanation for
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1,000-light-year wide bubble surrounding Earth is source of all nearby, yo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], January 25 (ANI): Tens of thousands of twinkling stars surround the Earth as it sits in a 1,000-light-year-wide void surrounded by thousands of young stars. But questions often arise as to how those stars formed?
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The Milky Way's feeding habits reveal dark matter
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Chicago [US], January 17 (ANI): A new study has revealed the properties of dark matter enveloping our Milky Way galaxy, thanks to a new map of twelve streams of stars orbiting within our galactic halo.
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Gamma-ray Telescope selected by NASA to chart Milky Way evolution
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected a new space telescope proposal to study the recent history of star birth, star death, and the formation of chemical elements in the Milky Way.
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Study finds how disorderly young galaxies grow up and mature
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Scania [Sweden], August 27 (ANI): A research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in following the development of a galaxy over a span of 13.8 billion years by using a supercomputer simulation.
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Astronomers find a 'break' in one of Milky Way's spiral arms: NASA
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 17 (ANI): NASA on Tuesday announced scientists have spotted a previously unrecognized feature of our Milky Way galaxy: A contingent of young stars and star-forming gas clouds is sticking out of one of the Milky Way's spiral arms like a splinter poking out from a pl
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Astronomers spot 'blinking giant' near center of Galaxy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): Astronomers have spotted a giant 'blinking' star towards the centre of the Milky Way, more than 25,000 light-years away.
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New study provides evidence of how Milky Way came together
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 18 (ANI): New study led by researchers at Ohio State University provides the latest evidence into the timing of how our early Milky Way came together, including the merger with a key satellite galaxy.
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New study indicates supermassive black hole at center of Milky Way is low-
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): New research has revealed that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is not spinning much, providing more evidence that it is unlikely to have a jet.
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Second alignment plane of solar system discovered
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI): A study of comet motions indicates that the solar system has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets shows that the aphelia of the comets, the point where they are farthest from the Sun, tend to fall close to
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