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Giant Star Discovered: 265 Times Bigger Than Sun
In Tarantula Nebula in the large Magellanic cloud, a galaxy which is a neighbour to our milky way, a huge star is shining which is the brightest and biggest star known yet. At a distance of 165,000...
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Search For Alien Life on 86 Planets Begins
US Astronomers have started project to detect presence of alien by a massive radio telescope on around 86 earth like planets. This picture taken on March 2010 shows the Karoo Array Telescope...
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Planet Made of Diamond Discovered
Astronomers have spotted a planet running around a small star which seems to be made of diamond. It lies 4000 lightyears away from earth. Scientists got the hunch of it being made of diamond by the...
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New Method For Measuring The Universe Using Quasars Discovered
How big is universe ? Several methods have been tried, each with a figure that’s new. Astronomers have been trying for long to determine how vast is our universe ? This is crucial as the expansion or...
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ROSAT, A German Satellite To Fall Back on Earth Between 21 Oct And 24 Oct 2011
After a NASA Satellite fell back on earth weeks ago, another satellite is set to make its return with its debris entering earth around Friday. This was revealed by the German Aerospace Center...
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Falling Satellite ROSAT Has Entered The Earth’s Atmosphere
(UPDATE): Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) which was reportedly going to fall back on earth between Friday and Monday has been spotted entering earth’s atmosphere on Sunday, as per latest reports. The time...
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Biggest Black Holes Ever Discovered By Astronomers From University of California
Astronomers at University of California have discovered two of the biggest black holes ever seen having mass billions of times greater than sun. They are located in the middle of galaxies million light...
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NASA Finds A New Planet Capable Of Supporting Life
Kepler spacecraft of NASA which searches for new planets has found an alien world in a habitable zone of star which can allow for life and water Artist's conception of a planet supporting life to...
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iPhone App “Meteor Counter” Lets Skytrackers Track Meteors
NASA scientists Dr. Tony Philips & Dr. Bill Cooke have developed an iPhone app which lets skytrackers track the meteors’ movement far above in the sky. The app is now available at iTunes store for...
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Four New Exoplanets Discovered In First Four Days of 2012
The first four days of the new year 2012 have seen four new exoplanets added to the list of these heavenly bodies known to mankind. All of them are called “Hot Jupiters”. They are large hot planets...
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