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Tombs in Portugal used as ancient telescopes
7-3-2016 |
5
Special structures enabled early Europeans to view the stars long before the invention of the telescope.
New 'Tatooine' planet is largest ever found
6-14-2016 | 2
Astronomers have revealed the discovery of a Jupiter-sized exoplanet in a distant binary star system.
SETI is seeking ET around red dwarf stars
4-5-2016 | 25
The SETI Institute is aiming to find evidence of aliens in a place where nobody had thought to look.
Hubble observes cluster of 'monster' stars
3-22-2016 | 6
The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a group of massive stars over 170,000 light years away.
Hawking: 'mankind must venture into space'
1-22-2016 | 41
Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that we could face annihilation if we do not colonize other worlds.
Astronomers find two stars merging together
10-22-2015 | 13
Two massive stars locked in a deadly embrace have been discovered over 160,000 light years away.
Our universe is 'sliding in to old age'
8-11-2015 | 15
Scientists have highlighted the fact that the stars in the sky are slowly but surely fading away.
Will we ever be able to visit 'Earth 2.0' ?
8-3-2015 | 32
Kepler-452b, the most Earth-like world ever found outside our solar system, is 1400 light years away.
'Mirage planets' may complicate hunt for life
2-13-2015 | 0
Some extrasolar planets that appear to be habitable may have lost the capacity to support life long ago.
Are there forms of life that feast on stars ?
1-12-2015 | 51
So-called 'starivores' could be the ideal target for astronomers seeking signs of extraterrestrial life.
Scientists 'play God' by creating a universe
1-1-2015 | 18
Two of the world's most powerful supercomputers have been used to build a simulation of the cosmos.
Half of all stars may be outside galaxies
11-8-2014 | 19
New observations have revealed that the intergalactic void may be filled with orphan stars.
Hubble spies 'ghost lights' of dead stars
11-1-2014 | 9
The space telescope has photographed the eerie remnants of long dead stars in a distant galaxy cluster.
Dead stars can reignite and then blow up
8-29-2014 | 8
Astronomers have determined that white dwarf stars can suddenly spring back to life and explode.
Remnants of one of the earliest stars found
8-23-2014 | 4
An ancient orange star has revealed hints of one of the first stars to ever exist in the universe.
Sparkling 'angelic' UFO filmed over Italy
VIDEO 7-14-2014 | 175
A strange cluster of bright objects flying in formation has been caught on video over Milan.
NASA discovers 715 new extrasolar planets
2-27-2014 | 12
The record-breaking haul of newly discovered worlds comes courtesy of the Kepler Space Telescope.
New planet hunting spacecraft planned
2-23-2014 | 9
The recently selected PLATO mission will focus on identifying Earth-like worlds orbiting distant stars.
Hypervelocity stars could leave the galaxy
1-14-2014 | 11
Astronomers have identified a mysterious group of 20 sun-sized stars travelling at high speed.
Where are the closest alien planets ?
12-28-2013 | 12
Astronomers believe that there could be an exoplanet orbiting a nearby pair of brown dwarf stars.
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