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Mechanisms of nearby star uncovered

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 17 Oct 2016

Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian centre have discovered our neighbouring star, Proxima Cent…

Mystery of erupting star uncovered

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 12 Sep 2016

Scientists have discovered that a huge supernova-like event seen in the mid-19th century for 20 yea…

Protostar provides glimpse into stellar formation

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 24 Aug 2016

Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered a young star which could help researchers unde…

Accurate element readings measured in distant galaxy

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 16 Aug 2016

Astronomers in California have made the first accurate measurement of the abundance of oxygen in a …

Astronomers peer further into supernova’s past

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 11 Aug 2016

Researchers have discovered the unknown past of a star millions of years before its explosion was s…

Newly discovered exoplanets are not alone

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 28 Jul 2016

Astronomers from a Canadian university have given a clearer understanding on a class of exoplanets …

Dark energy measured with huge 3D map

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 26 Jul 2016

A 3D map of more than one million galaxies has been created to measure the effects of dark energy o…

Planet 9 ‘stolen’ by our Sun

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 20 Jun 2016

Scientists in Sweden have said it’s highly likely that Planet 9 was stolen from the orbit of anothe…

Astronomers detect hydrogen gas signal emitted before Earth existed

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 14 Jun 2016

Astronomers have managed to detect hydrogen gas signals from a galaxy that existed before the Earth…

Clues to supermassive black hole creation found

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 6 Jun 2016

Italian scientists believe they have found two objects in the early universe that are the origin of…

New understanding of Sun’s infancy possible

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 19 May 2016

The ability to view in depth images of a nearby star has provided an international team of astronom…

Supermassive black hole find defies science prediction

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 26 Apr 2016

NASA scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole in an unlikely part of the universe, whic…

Universe’s ‘missing' matter discovered

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 26 Feb 2016

The cosmological model detailing the density of matter in the Universe has been confirmed by an int…

Stars found to have ‘super strong’ magnetic fields

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 21 Jan 2016

In a surprising discovery, astronomers have detected strong magnetic fields in stars twice the size…

Martian valleys carved by less ancient water

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 9 Dec 2015

Martian valleys could have been carved by much less water in a much shorter time span than previous…

Mathematicians weigh in on stellar mass

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 4 Nov 2015

Mathematicians have developed a new method for measuring the mass of pulsars.!--more--

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Stellar mosaic shows close relation with our galactic neighbour

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 8 Oct 2015

Astronomers have found similarities between new-born stars in our galaxy and a neighbouring one.

What’s the next step for Mars exploration?

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 29 Sep 2015

Following yesterday’s announcement linking dark streaks on the surface of Mars with liquid water, s…

Dark matter distribution mapped

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 24 Sep 2015

New images reveal the amount of dark matter in the Universe and its distribution in distant galaxie…

Planetary rings resolve maths mystery

qwbdchbctt.d qwbdchbctt.d | Added: 24 Aug 2015

Scientists have discovered that planetary rings such as those orbiting Saturn have a universally si…