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An international team of astronomers has discovered evidence of a significant number of black holes that accompanied the first stars in the universe.
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NASA`s Astrophysics Explorer Program has selected two missions for launch in 2017 - a planet-hunting satellite and an International Space Station instrument to observe X-rays from stars.
Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 15:23
An astronomer makes use of large computers for understanding how galaxies formed billions of years ago and how they continue to evolve in our contemporary universe.
Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 12:47
In a new study, researchers have revealed the workings of a celestial event involving binary stars that results in an explosion so powerful it ranks close to supernovae in luminosity.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 12:37
A new study has suggested that a gamma ray burst, the most powerful explosion known in the Universe, may have hit the Earth in the 8th Century.
Last Updated: Friday, July 6, 2012, 08:30
Astronomers have found what they say is a huge black hole several million times the size of the Sun that is hurtling through space near a galaxy four billion light years away.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 08:45
The world`s largest and most sensitive radio telescope, being built in South Africa and Australia, will have a distinct Indian imprint.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 15:37
Billions of stars in our galaxy have harboured rogue planets that once roamed interstellar space, according to a new study.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 18:10
Astronomers hunting for rocky planets with the right temperature to support life estimate there may be tens of billions of them in our galaxy alone.
Last Updated: Sunday, March 11, 2012, 12:48
The research was made possible by a 2.3 million euro European Research Council grant.
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The mystery material was located within vast structures called "filaments of galaxies".
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