Astronomy
Cosmology
Visibility limit
International radio telescope array produces the first image of a black hole
Astronomy
Organization established to build the world’s largest radio telescope
After three and a half years of negotiation, representatives from seven countries came together to sign a treaty establishing the intergovernmental organization that will oversee construction of the world's largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometer Array
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Astrophysics
The young, ephemeral rings of Saturn
Two recent studies have presented new theories on their origin and probable end of Saturn's rings
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Chang'e 4
China lands probe on dark side of the Moon
China has become the first country to land a probe on the far side of the Moon
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Astronomy
Telescope measures almost all the starlight ever produced in the universe
Based on data collected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, an international group of astrophysicists has been able to measure almost all of the starlight produced since the universe was formed about 13.7 billion years ago
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Astronomy
The first colossuses in the Cosmos
Two recent findings, however, suggest that some colossal systems already existed at 13.8 billion years ago
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History
405-year-old letter suggests Galileo toned down his beliefs
A letter found at the Royal Society in London suggests that Galileo Galilei softened his stance against the ecclesiastical doctrine that the Sun orbited Earth to avoid arrest by the Roman Inquisition
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Video
The eclipse which revolutionized physics
This Wednesday, May 29th, celebrates 100 years of the eclipse which was the first experimental proof of the Theory of General Relativity | 2'36"
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Astronomy
Devouring stars
According to a survey, the Milky Way cannibalized eleven neighboring galaxies
ASTROPHYSICS
Signs of new worlds
Gravitational waves could be used to detect exoplanets in close orbit around their parent star
ASTROPHYSICS
Cosmic accelerator
Supermassive black hole outside the Milky Way is first confirmed source of high-energy neutrinos
Astronomy
New frontiers of the Milky Way
The disc of the Milky Way may be twice as large as previously estimated, at up to 200,000 light-years in diameter
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Geology
The secret behind Pluto’s dunes
An international group of researchers seems to have found the explanation behind Pluto's dunes
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Astronomy
A swarm of black holes
Astrophysicists have discovered a dozen stellar-mass black holes (some larger than the Sun) in the center of the Milky Way
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