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Posts Tagged ‘Astronomers’

NASA discovered the oldest galaxy

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An international team of astronomers appointed to do research on the space has found the oldest galaxy which seems to exist before 13.2 billion years ago. They discovered this galaxy with the help of Hubble Space Telescope.

They marked the existed galaxy and enlarged it to obtain a clear view. Astronomers found that the galaxy would have existed before 480 million years.…

High-resolution images of dying giant star captured

star High resolution images of dying giant star captured
An international team of astronomers has made the most high-resolution images of a dying giant star to date. 

Led by Keiichi Ohnaka at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn, the astronomers, for the first time showed how the gas is moving in different areas over the surface of a distant star known as Betelgeuse. …

Amazing footage of lunar probe's final moments before it crashes into Moon

Footage showing the dramatic descent of a probe minutes before it crashes into the surface of the Moon has been released by the Japanese space agency.

The final moments of the Kaguya lunar probe were caught by its on-board high-definition camera as it hurtled downwards on June 11 and as it fell the images were beamed back to Earth 

As it sinks lower and lower the desolate and pockmarked landscape is seen looming ever larger as the spacecraft tumbles toward its final resting place.…

Unseen Dark Comets 'Could Pose Deadly Threat To Earth'

comet 1294349c Unseen Dark Comets 'Could Pose Deadly Threat To Earth'‘Dark’ comets happen when the water on their surface has evaporated,
causing them to reflect less light Photo: GETTY

From The Telegraph:

Unseen “dark” comets could pose a deadly threat to earth, astronomers have warned.

The comets, of which there could be thousands, are not currently monitored by observatories and space agencies.…

Top 5 Most Extreme Exoplanets

photo1 Top 5 Most Extreme Exoplanets
From Wired Science:

Searching for planets beyond our solar system is a bit like playing Goldilocks — we keep looking for that one that will be just right to host life. While astronomers haven’t found a perfect fit yet, they have found plenty that are too big, too hot, too cold, too dense, too close to their star, or too distant.…

Super-Neptune Planet Found

1 Super Neptune Planet FoundThis artist’s conception reveals the newly discovered Super-Neptune planet orbiting a star 120 light years away from Earth. Normally blue in color, its red hue is caused by the illumination from the nearby Red Dwarf star. Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)

Astronomers have discovered a planet somewhat larger and more massive than Neptune orbiting a star 120 light-years from Earth. …

Hubble Captures Outstanding Views Of Mammoth Stars

FloatingHubble Hubble Captures Outstanding Views Of Mammoth Stars
From E! Science News:

The image shows a pair of colossal stars, WR 25 and Tr16-244, located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, an immense cauldron of gas and dust that lies approximately 7500 light-years from Earth. The Carina Nebula contains several ultra-hot stars, including these two star systems and the famous blue star Eta Carinae, which has the highest luminosity yet confirmed.…