Cosmos

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A planetary system from 1917

Disks from 1917 is the first of a planetary system distant from the Sun

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ASTRONOMY

Planets with tails

Gas giants can launch molecules essential to life into space

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Chemistry

A new kind of white dwarf

Astrophysicists identified a white dwarf almost entirely composed of oxygen

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ASTROPHYSICS

Another window to the Universe

Gravitational waves is expected to lead to studies on high-energy phenomena

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Memory

The eclipse that confirmed Einstein’s theory

National Observatory restores photographic plates of the 1919 solar eclipse

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Astronomy

Old center, new edges

Astronomers has created the largest “growth chart” of the Milky Way

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ASTRONOMY

Investigating the Sun

Researchers try to understand the reactions that take place inside the Sun

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ASTROPHYSICS

Cannibalistic stars

Group explains how a class of pulsars consumes other celestial objects

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Pierre Auger

Pierre Auger until 2025

An agreement will enable the Observatory to continue operating until 2025

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ASTRONOMY

The source of solar flares

International team maps the energy released in unstable regions of the Sun

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Astrophysics

The night the sky caught fire

Researchers have found evidence of a geomagnetic storm in 1859

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Astronomy

More clusters in sight

Discovered 493 star clusters in the central region of the Milky Way

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ASTROPHYSICS

Alternative route

A discovery indicates a different evolutionary path to the stars

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Sagittarius A

A giant awakens

The black hole at the center of the Milky Way has been more active lately

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ASTRONOMY

Perturbed atmosphere

Meteorologists want to know why the wind is so strong on Venus and Titan

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