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First black hole image revealed
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 10 Apr 2019
The first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole has been unveiled.!--more--
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Twisted Milky Way
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 18 Mar 2019
3D mapping of the Milky Way galaxy shows that it is not flat but warped and twisted in shape.
Saturnian day deduced from ring formations
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 30 Jan 2019
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has enabled a more accurate estimate of the length of a day on …
Black hole gas rings flow in complex formations
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 30 Nov 2018
The black hole "donut" is not actually a rigid structure.
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The black rings of gas surroundi…
NASA's InSight spacecraft lands on Mars
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 27 Nov 2018
NASA’s InSight robot lander has successfully touched down on the surface of Mars.
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The space…
This isn’t the binary system you’re looking for…
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 8 May 2018
Artificial intelligence is helping astronomers study the habitability of circumbinary planets – tho…
Milky Way steps up in gravitational arms race
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 21 Mar 2018
The apparently inevitable death of our own galaxy as it is engulfed by it’s nearest galactic neighb…
Early comet detected
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 14 Dec 2017
Astronomers have identified a comet 1.5 billion miles from the Sun – a feat never achieved before –…
Boron discovery suggests Martian habitability
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 12 Dec 2017
Researchers believe life may have existed on Mars, after the discovery of boron by the Curiosity ro…
Atomic secret of star formation uncovered
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 1 Dec 2017
Astronomers have discovered new information regarding the role of hydrogen atoms in stellar formati…
Gravitational wave insight is discovery boon
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 30 Nov 2017
Researchers have discovered that gravity travels at the same speed of light, after detecting gravit…
Brightest galaxy discovered in far reaches of space
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 3 Aug 2017
One of the brightest galaxies to date has been discovered by astronomers based in Spain.
Distant star shines light on Einstein theory
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 22 Jun 2017
For the first time ever, scientists have measured the mass of a white dwarf by using the Hubble Tel…
Exoplanet research uncovers simple atmosphere
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 24 May 2017
Astronomers have unexpectedly discovered a primitive atmosphere around a ‘warm Neptune’.
‘Normal’ galaxy excites astronomers
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 8 May 2017
Astronomers in California have discovered one of the most distant galaxies in the universe – and no…
Mapping the stars’ family tree
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 13 Mar 2017
By taking advantage of techniques used in archaeology and biology, researchers are building a famil…
Planetary ‘spitballs’ hurtled from galaxy’s centre
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 7 Feb 2017
Researchers believe a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is hurling planet-sized objec…
Asteroid exploration missions announced
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 12 Jan 2017
NASA has announced two new missions to better understand the early stages of our Solar System.
Spectral emission explains galactic evolution
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 7 Nov 2016
Astronomers have measured the intensity of oxygen emission lines over the history of the universe t…
Telescope trio capture solar wind collisions
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 1 Nov 2016
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have taken the highest quality images of Eta Carinae’s stella…
