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Giant exoplanets may grow even larger with time, researchers reveal!

Hot Jupiters are exoplanets that orbit their parent star at a distance far closer than Mercury does with our Sun. Their size is comparable to the gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) in our solar system.

Jan 28, 2017

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Universe expansion

New findings reveal that the universe is expanding surprisingly faster than we thought!

The new expansion rate of the universe is found to be 71.9 kilometers (44.7 miles) per second per megaparsec (1 megaparsec = 3.26 million light-years).

Jan 27, 2017

Video diagram shows strong gravitational lensing effect

Gravitational lensing is when objects with large masses such as galaxies or clusters of galaxies warp the spacetime surrounding them in such a way that they can create multiple images of background objects.

Jan 26, 2017

NASA's NuSTAR closer to solving the mystery of the 'Chameleon Supernova'

Perceptions regarding the characteristics and classification of supernovas has been cast in doubt since the discovery of supernova, SN 2014C, in 2014

Jan 25, 2017

Clusters of tiny dwarf galaxies discovered; give insights into creation of universe

Data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey was used by University of Virginia scientists to detect the new dwarf galaxy clusters.

Jan 25, 2017

NASA's New Horizons probe ready to explore beyond Pluto!

This yet to be explored celestial body was discovered in the June of 2014 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. 2014 MU69 is located in the Kuiper Belt.

Jan 23, 2017

SuperWASP-South Observatory discovers 3 new gas giant exoplanets!

Proxima Centauri b is found to be the exoplanet closest to Earth, which is located at a distance of 4.2 light years.

Jan 21, 2017

South Pole Telescope (SPT) in Antarctica

South Pole: Astronomers face extreme weather to unveil cosmic mysteries

South Pole has extreme weather conditions in which the temperature falls to -100 Fahrenheit (-73 degrees Celsius) at night.

Jan 21, 2017

Mystery of galaxy murder finally solved by researchers!

This research aims at focusing on the process that causes the removal of gas from star-forming galaxies — a phenomenon also known as ram-pressure stripping

Jan 20, 2017

Astronomers now believe there are more than 2 trillion galaxies in the universe!

A new revelation has been made about the universe, which states that it comprises a minimum of 2 trillion galaxies!

Jan 18, 2017

A giant turtle-shaped sunspot has been discovered by ALMA during its first solar observation

It was the first time ALMA attempted to make a solar observation and measure emissions from our closest star, along with its partner ESO.

Jan 18, 2017

Asteroid Hunting: Delay in NASA's NEOCam launch worries astronomers

NASA's Discovery Program recently declared that two of its space missions would be launched in the 2020s and they will fly by asteroids.

Jan 17, 2017

NASA Hubble: Mysterious shadow spotted in young star TW Hydrae's ring!

The researchers have been scoping out the young star TW Hydrae for the last 18 years before they detected the mysterious shadow.

Jan 11, 2017

NASA: Hubble Detects 'Exocomets' plunging into a Young Star

NASA: Hubble discovers 'Exocomets' hurtling into a young star!

The latest discovery made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is that it captured the view of comets plunging to a star dubbed HD 172555.

Jan 9, 2017

Scientists discover 'monster' supermassive black holes in the neighborhood of the Milky Way

Researchers claim that the reason the supermassive black holes went undetected for so long was due to the mass of gas and dust that surrounded them

Jan 8, 2017

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