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- Newly discovered planet with three suns has triple sunsets and sunrises Sat, 9 Jul 16, 12:15amSomewhere out in the universe is an exoplanet with not one, not two, but three suns. A team led by astronomers from the University of Arizona used the European Southern Observatory (ESO)'s Very Large Telescope to find HD...
- Scientists found oxygen in a galaxy 13.1 billion light years away Wed, 29 Jun 16, 5:43amAstronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan have found "the most distant oxygen ever detected" 13.1 billion light years away from us in a galaxy called SXDF-NB1006-2. Not only is the discovery of oxygen...
- Scientists found oxygen in a galaxy 13.1 billion light years distant Wed, 29 Jun 16, 5:43amAstronomers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan have found "the most distant oxygen ever detected" 13.1 billion light years away from us in a galaxy called SXDF-NB1006-2. Not only is the discovery of oxygen...
- Researchers finally identify the source of mysterious space radio waves Fri, 26 Feb 16, 6:48amFast radio bursts (FRBs) have long baffled astronomers. These huge energy surges in space produce as much power in less than a second as the Sun does in 1,000 years. Scientists used to discover them years after they happened,...
- Nearby Earth-like planet could be the ‘most important’ find in modern astronomy Fri, 13 Nov 15, 1:39amA rocky planet closely orbiting another star in our solar system will allow scientists to gather more data about any Earth-like planet’s atmosphere, surface winds, and chemical composition than ever before...