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NASA nicknames disk like Wolf-Rayet Star Nasty One

May 23, 2015

WASHINGTON - A recently discovered star by Hubble Space Telescope has been nicknamed the ‘Nasty One’. The particular star was first observed years ago but it is for the first time that astronomers have seen the...

Astronomers track formation of new planet around H1 Tau star

Abby Smith

Nov 6, 2014

Innovation

In a new finding, astronomers claimed that they have captured the clearest ever image of the formation of the planet around its baby star. One can easily see the dark rings made of gas and dust surrounding the ...

Scientists discovered new freezing earth-like planet in binary star system

Christian Bloss

Jul 4, 2014

Innovation

Space experts have run across another Earth-like planet circling a solitary star in a binary star system spotted 3,000 light-years from Earth. The disclosure is relied upon to help astronomers better see how Ea...

Sunspot images by NASA Solar Telescope reveals new patterns

Platonium

Jun 4, 2014

Innovation

New images of Sun taken by a new Solar Telescope is showing a sunspot formation in action that may give scientists clues as to why the phenomena occurs. For a long time, sunspots have been a mystery to astro...

Astronomical society says light years far Exoplanets have monster problems

Platonium

Jun 3, 2014

Innovation

The 224th American Astronomical Science meeting in Boston has been abuzz with discussion on exoplanets, with many findings indicating that they have some big problems. Exoplanets are gigantic planets, with s...

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