Object found in the Milky Way ‘unlike anything astronomers have seen’
by Maddison Connaughton Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australian researchers have discovered a strange spinning object in the Milky…
4 years ago
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Head in the sky: 8-year-old Brazilian girl dubbed world’s youngest astronomer
by Jarbas OLIVEIRA, avec Louis GENOT, à Rio de Janeiro FORTALEZA, Brazil (AFP) -- When Nicole Oliveira was just learning…
5 years ago
Partial eclipse sweeps over northern hemisphere
PARIS, France (AFP) -- People across Earth's northern hemisphere viewed an annular solar eclipse Thursday with parts of Canada and…
5 years ago
Pacific readies for ‘Super Blood Moon’ celestial show
by Andrew BEATTY SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Stargazers across the Pacific Rim can cast their eyes skyward on Wednesday night…
5 years ago
NASA’s giant Webb telescope succeeds in key pre-launch test
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The world's largest and most powerful space telescope unfolded its giant golden mirror for the…
5 years ago
A ‘starter kit’ for supermassive black holes?
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Scientists have reported the discovery of a rare, medium-sized black hole that may…
5 years ago
Jupiter and Saturn cheek-to-cheek in rare celestial dance
by Juliette COLLEN PARIS, France (AFP) -- The solar system's two biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, came within planetary kissing…
6 years ago
China to open giant telescope to international scientists
by Ludovic EHRET PINGTANG, China (AFP) -- Nestled among the mountains in southwest China, the world's largest radio telescope signals…
6 years ago
Scientists detect mysterious ‘intermediate mass’ black hole
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Scientists announced Wednesday the discovery of a black hole -- the oldest ever…
6 years ago
Small asteroid becomes closest ever seen passing Earth: NASA
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above Earth, the…
6 years ago
Glaciers could have sculpted Mars valleys: study
PARIS, France (AFP) — The question of whether ancient life could have existed on Mars centres on the water that once…
6 years ago
James Webb Space Telescope launch pushed back to October 2021
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- NASA on Thursday postponed the launch of its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope from…
6 years ago
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