Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light …read more Source:: Science
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One of the oldest objects in the universe observed
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•Astronomers report that they have detected the second most distant dusty, star-forming galaxy ever found in the universe — born in the first one billion years after the Big Bang. …read more Source:: Science
Giant exoplanet hunters: Look for debris disks
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•There’s no map showing all the billions of exoplanets hiding in our galaxy — they’re so distant and faint compared to their stars, it’s hard to find them. Now, astronomers …read more Source:: Science
Solving the mystery of Pluto’s giant blades of ice
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•NASA’s New Horizons mission revolutionized our knowledge of Pluto when it flew past that distant world in July 2015. Among its many discoveries were images of strange formations resembling giant …read more Source:: Science
Large, distant comets more common than previously thought
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•There are about seven times more long-period comets measuring at least 1 kilometer across than previously predicted, suggests new research. The researchers also found that long-period comets are, on average, …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers detect orbital motion in pair of supermassive black holes
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•Images made with the continent-wide Very Long Baseline Array detect the orbital motion of two supermassive black holes as they circle each other at the center of a distant galaxy. …read more Source:: Science
Cosmic ‘barcode’ from distant galaxy confirms Nature’s constancy
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•Astronomers have precisely measured the strength of a fundamental force of Nature in a galaxy seen eight billion years in the past. Researchers have confirmed that electromagnetism in a distant …read more Source:: Science
Detour via gravitational lens makes distant galaxy visible
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•Never before have astrophysicists measured light of such high energy from a celestial object so far away. Around 7 billion years ago, a huge explosion occurred at the black hole …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers discover new distant object in the solar system
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a miniature planet that is the most distant body ever found in the solar system, scientists said on …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Spotted face of distant Pluto coming into focus
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is closing fast on an unexpectedly spotted Pluto, the most distant planetary body ever explored. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews