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New Map Captures Milky Way's Gas And Dust
By R. Siva Kumar | Feb 25, 2016 08:48 AM ESTThe European Southern Observatory has released an image of the Milky Way that is four times larger than what has been seen so far.
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Radio Waves Help Discover Hundreds of New Galaxies
By Kanika Gupta | Feb 12, 2016 11:30 AM ESTIn a latest study published in Astronomical Journal on Tuesday, researchers from various countries feature their reports and findings that the galaxies can help in understanding the enigmatic marvel called the Great Attractor, says The Washington Post.
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Lonely Exoplanet Orbits Star From Greatest Distance Ever
By R. Siva Kumar | Jan 27, 2016 01:29 PM ESTScientists find that an exoplanet, earlier thought to be free floating, is orbiting a star from the greatest distance known thus far.
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Ancient, Ultra Metal-Poor Star Gives Insight Into Early Years Of Universe
By R. Siva Kumar | Jan 24, 2016 06:44 PM ESTThe brightest known ultra metal-poor star to date would unlock some secrets of the universe, according to scientists.
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Signs Of Second Largest Black Hole Discovered
By R. Siva Kumar | Jan 18, 2016 03:55 PM ESTA new type of black hole that could be the second largest has been found by scientists in the Milky Way.
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Most Powerful Supernova Recorded Yet Shone 570 Billion Times Brighter Than Sun
By Peter R | Jan 18, 2016 03:49 PM ESTRemnants of the stellar explosion was first spotted last year.
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Globular Star Clusters May Contain Alien Life
By R. Siva Kumar | Jan 08, 2016 07:43 PM ESTThough just one planet has been found in a globular star cluster, scientists believe that there may be more.
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Intelligent Life Could Be Lurking In Ancient Star Clusters
By Peter R | Jan 07, 2016 02:31 PM ESTWhile suggesting that the possibility of habitable planets in globular clusters, two scientists argue life could be exciting in such clusters.
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30 Earthloads of Dust Dropped by Hypergiant Star
By Kanika Gupta | Nov 27, 2015 01:52 PM ESTCanis Majoris, the hypergiant star discovered by astronomers is discarding 30 earthloads of dust every year in a weight loss process before it becomes supernova
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Milky Way's Dwarf Neighbor Is The 'Dark Lord'
By Peter R | Nov 23, 2015 10:18 AM ESTA new study claims that the ratio of dark matter to visible matter in the galaxy Triangulum II is the highest of any galaxy known. The galaxy thus becomes an ideal spot to look for dark matter.
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Farthest Planet Of Solar System And Oldest Stars Of Milky Way Found
By Peter R | Nov 12, 2015 02:17 PM ESTResearchers found the stars at the center of the universe while the solar system's most distant object is said to three times father than the Pluto-Sun distance.
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'Never-Before-Seen Disc Of Stars' Discovered In Milky Way
By R. Siva Kumar | Oct 31, 2015 01:15 PM EDTA new discovery in the Milky Way shows many parts that were never spotted before.
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Researchers Spot Earth's 'Cousin' In Milky Way
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 18, 2014 11:09 AM EDTNASA scientists have discovered the first planet as big as Earth orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" of the Milky Way. Habitable zone is considered the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet.
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New Analysis Shows Mysterious Dark Matter At Milky Way's Center
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 07, 2014 01:24 PM EDTPhysicists probably have the best lead till date about the nature of dark matter - the strange and invisible stuff that dominates the material universe.
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NASA Releases Images That Show 360 Degree View Of Milky Way [Video]
By Kamal Nayan | Mar 25, 2014 09:50 AM EDTNASA has released a new panoramic view of our galaxy comprising nearly 2.5 million images. These images were captured by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
