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Very Large Telescope releases new view of ‘Cosmic Seagull’
The remarkable detail reveals the individual astronomical objects that make up the celestial bird, as well as the finer features within them
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How do light pollution filters work?
We take a look at how these filters can be a saviour for astronomers battling light pollution
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Milky Way ‘not a typical galaxy’, new study finds
The research has thrown a wrench into what we know about how galaxies form
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Astronomers discover closest-ever supermassive black hole pairing
The system resides in spiral galaxy NGC 7674, which is located about 400 million light years from Earth
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Black hole’s temperature swings measured for the first time
These winds spewing from these exotic objects can heat up and cool down in the span of just a few hours
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Stars in Milky Way’s halo found to travel in groups
The finding was made after recent analysis of data for millions of stars from the Gaia space mission
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Space telescope finds new clues for a chameleon supernova
A supernova is challenging astronomers’ models of how exploding stars distribute their elements
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Garnet planets could be the most habitable worlds in the universe
Astronomers and geoscientists have joined forces using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to find out what makes a rocky planet Earth-like
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Source of mysterious ‘fast radio burst’ revealed for the first time
“Now we can do real astrophysical analysis on the burst source and the galaxy that harbours it,” says James Cordes of Cornell University
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Astronomers discover a ‘hyper-starburst’ galaxy
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes reveal that a recently discovered galaxy is undergoing an extraordinary boom of stellar construction
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Hawaiian telescope captures chemical signature of giant alien worlds
The instrument, afixed to the Subaru Telescope and dubbed CHARIS, allows astronomers to isolate light from planets larger than Jupiter
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Large telescope captures baby planets sculpting dusty discs
Sharp new observations have revealed striking features in planet-forming regions around young stars
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Astronomers provide more evidence for a ninth planet in the Solar System
The search for an unseen world far, far beyond Neptune’s orbit has become clearer
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Giant rings around exoplanet found to turn the wrong way
Researchers who were previously involved in the discovery of a ringed alien world have now calculated that the giant rings may persist more than 100,000 years
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Astronomers could now be able to predict global dust storms on Mars
Activity on the Red Planet could soon become more predictable – which would be a boon for future Martian astronauts
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Secrets of giant space blob uncovered by ALMA telescope
The true nature of a rare object in the distant universe has been revealed
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Hubble captures best ever view of comet breaking up
The sharpest, most detailed observations of a comet breaking apart 67 million miles from Earth has been captured
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Massive stellar void discovered at the Milky Way’s centre
A major revision is required in our understanding of our galaxy, according to new research
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Milky Way’s hot halo provides details on the making of stars and planets
Hot gas in the halo of the Milky Way has led to new information about structures in our universe