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Advance in astronomy 'can help find other worlds'

The pull of gravity on a distant star can now be measured more accurately, shedding light on other worlds, say astronomers.

Young 'alien Jupiter' planet discovered

A planet 100 light-years away resembles an infant version of Jupiter, astronomers say.

See Venus and Jupiter dance together tonight

On Tuesday night, Jupiter and Venus will culminate a month-long dance with what astronomers say will be a dazzling display, appearing just a fraction of a degree apart from one another in the night sky--a show that some astronomers say could account for the "Star of Bethlehem" mentioned in the Bible reports CNN.

More than 800 dark galaxies found

Astronomers discover 854 "ultra dark galaxies" filled with mysterious dark matter in the Coma Cluster, one of the richest cluster of galaxies containing thousands of systems reports The Times of India.

Astronomers spot quasar fueled by the mass of 12 billion suns

Scientists say they have found the brightest quasar yet in the early universe, a region around a supermassive black hole that blazes with the brightness of 420 trillion suns

January 2, 2016
January 2, 2016

Advance in astronomy 'can help find other worlds'

The pull of gravity on a distant star can now be measured more accurately, shedding light on other worlds, say astronomers.

August 14, 2015
August 14, 2015

Young 'alien Jupiter' planet discovered

A planet 100 light-years away resembles an infant version of Jupiter, astronomers say.

July 1, 2015
July 1, 2015

See Venus and Jupiter dance together tonight

On Tuesday night, Jupiter and Venus will culminate a month-long dance with what astronomers say will be a dazzling display, appearing just a fraction of a degree apart from one another in the night sky--a show that some astronomers say could account for the "Star of Bethlehem" mentioned in the Bible reports CNN.

June 24, 2015
June 24, 2015

More than 800 dark galaxies found

Astronomers discover 854 "ultra dark galaxies" filled with mysterious dark matter in the Coma Cluster, one of the richest cluster of galaxies containing thousands of systems reports The Times of India.

February 26, 2015
February 26, 2015

Astronomers spot quasar fueled by the mass of 12 billion suns

Scientists say they have found the brightest quasar yet in the early universe, a region around a supermassive black hole that blazes with the brightness of 420 trillion suns

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