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Astronomers discover black hole spins on its side
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 1 (ANI): Astronomers make astonishing discoveries every now and then. One of the most fascinating subjects for any astronomer is without a doubt, the black hole. A recent discovery by a team of astronomers found that the black hole spins on its side.
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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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Widest ever separation of brown dwarf pair discovered by scientists
Updated : 4 years 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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Study discusses distant galaxies and true nature of dark matter
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Trieste [Italy], February 14 (ANI): There is a vast spherical region made up of dark matter particles, at the centre of spiral galaxies. This region has two defining characteristics: a density that is constantly out to a certain radius that amazingly expands over time, while the density decr
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Study offers explanation for unusual motions in solar flares
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Massachusetts [US], February 7 (ANI): Solar flames are defined as an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. They are seen as bright areas on the sun and they can last from minutes to hours. In January 1999, scientists observed mysterio
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Moons may yield clues to what makes planets habitable, says study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 2 (ANI): Earth's moon is vital in making it function. It controls the length of the day and ocean tides, which affect the biological cycles of lifeforms on our planet. The moon also contributes to Earth's climate by stabilizing its spin axis, offering an ideal environ
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Even dying stars can give birth to planets, suggest astronomers
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Leuven [Belgium], February 1 (ANI): In any galaxy, planets are usually not much older than the stars around which they revolve. For example, the Sun was born 4.6 billion years ago, and not long after that, Earth came into the world. But KU Leuven astronomers have discovered that a completely
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Extremely harsh volcanic lake, projects how life might have existed on Ma
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Boulder (Colorado) [US], January 30 (ANI): Life on Mars has always been a subject of countless speculations, both amongst scientists as well as the general public. A recent study sheds some light on whether life may have existed on Mars.
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Scientists make breakthrough discovery about extreme exoplanet's atmospher
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Bern [Switzerland], January 29 (ANI): The atmosphere of planets always accounts for an interesting study for astronomers to find out how life-supporting they are. The atmosphere of Earth is not a uniform envelope but consists of distinct layers that each have characteristic properties.
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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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'Slushy' magma ocean led to formation of the Moon's crust: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Cambridge [England], January 25 (ANI): Earth's natural satellite Moon, has always been a subject of immense suspense and has shown ample room for discovery. Now, scientists have shown how the freezing of a 'slushy' ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon's crust.
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Study reveals new explanation for Moon's half-century magnetic mystery
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Rhode Island [US], January 24 (ANI): Ever since rocks were brought back from the Moon to the Earth, during NASA's Apollo program from 1968 to 1972, an enduring mystery continued to baffle scientists: the Moon's magnetic field - one that rivalled Earth's in strength. Now, research led by a Br
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