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Amateur astronomers to boost hazardous asteroids hunt

ESA`s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme is keeping an eye on space hazards.

Amateur stargazers discover new planet

Two amateur British astronomers say they have discovered a new planet which they want to be named af...

Distant faint `satellite galaxy` discovered

Astronomers have discovered a faint satellite galaxy 10 billion light years from Earth.

Scientists will tweet if aliens got in touch

Astronomers who are searching for extraterrestrial lives have said that they would not conceal any i...

Astronomers see more planets than stars in galaxy

The more astronomers look for other worlds, the more they find that it is a crowded and crazy cosmos...

Astronomers make biggest map of dark matter

International astronomers said today they have created the largest map of dark matter ever observed ...

Astronomers shed light on early stars in cosmos

After decades of scouring the universe, astronomers finally have found two immense clouds of gas tha...

Hawaii astronomer captures image of forming planet

Astronomers have captured the first direct image of a planet being born.

Astronomers discover 2 hidden alien planets

Astronomers have tracked two elusive extrasolar planets that went undetected in image data from NASA...

Water on Earth originated from comets?

Astronomers have for the first time found water on a comet containing the chemical signature that is...

Astronomers crack `Fried Egg Nebula`

Scientists have for the first time captured images of one of the brightest stars in the infrared sky...

Hot new planet could be in habitable zone... barely

Astronomers believe they have found a second planet outside our solar system that seems to be in the...

Russian astronomer discovers new comet

Russian amateur astronomer Artyom Novichonok, a student of Petrozavodsk university, has discovered a...

What`s the age of the Moon? It could be waning

That old Moon might not be as antique as we thought, some scientist think. They say it`s possible th...

Astronomical finding may help treat cancer patient

Astronomers studying stars and black holes have discovered that heavy metals emit low-energy electro...

Neutron star hit by super giant matter flares up

The flare took place on a neutron star, the collapsed heart of a once much larger star. Now about 10...

Ten new planets discovered

An international team, including scientists from the University of Oxford, has discovered 10 new pla...

Planet going the wrong way?

All planets are known to move around their stars in the same direction as the star spins. But, now a...

Milky Way `clone` captured by European astronomers

Astronomers in Europe claim to have captured a striking image of a giant Milky Way "clone".

US astronomers launch search for alien life on 86 planets

A massive radio telescope in Virginia has begun listening for signs of alien life on 86 planets.

Astronomers unveil `super-exotic` exoplanet

An exoplanet is a planet outside the solar system.

Aboriginal tribes created a sundial 10,000 yrs ago

A new find from Oz has suggested that ancient Aboriginal tribes were the world’s first astronomers.

`Biggest ever` black hole discovered

Astronomers discovered what they say is the biggest ever black hole which weighs the same as 6.8 bil...

New Cambridge light on cosmic `dark ages`

Remnants of the first stars have helped astronomers get closer on cosmic `dark ages`.

Astronomers find diamond-studded planet

Astronomers led by an Indian American have discovered a giant planet rich in carbon.

Small black hole called microquasar `discovered`

Astronomers have discovered a small black hole, called a microquasar, weighing only as much as a sta...

Star system that resembles a game of snooker

Astronomers have discovered an unusual star system which looks like a game of snooker.

Scientists estimate Earth-sized planets could be common

The researchers found larger numbers of smaller planets than of larger planets.

Ancient galaxy is more than 13 bn light yrs away

Astronomers today said a galaxy born in childhood of Universe lies at least 13 bn light years away. ...

A new way to spot planets hidden in their star’s glare

Astronomers have developed a new way to spot planets previously hidden in their star`s glare which w...

How young galaxies can grow gently

Galaxies often collide and then merge to form larger systems.

Scientists find planet that may be sure for life

Astronomers for the first time spotted a planet beyond Earth called the Goldilocks zone for life.

New solar system aliens models

New supercomputer simulations show what the solar system might look like to aliens.

Australian Aborigines `world`s first astronomers`

An Oz study has uncovered signs that the country`s ancient Aborigines may have been the world`s firs...

Massive solar storm to hit Earth in 2012

Astronomers are predicting that a massive solar storm is to hit Earth in 2012.

Aliens may be using thinking robots, astronomer says

Aliens could be operating through sentient robots, a leading astronomer has said.

Astronomers obtain 3D view of stellar explosion

The Very Large Telescope showed that the blast more concentrated in one particular direction.

Astronomers discover unusual cosmic lens

For the first time astronomers have found a distant as a gravitational lens.

Amateur astronomer spots another Jupiter strike

Jupiter has gotten whacked again.

Astronomer Copernicus reburied as hero

The 16th-century astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, was recently reburied by Polish priests as a hero.

Astronomer Copernicus reburied as hero in Poland

Nicolaus Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer whose findings were condemned by the Roman Catholic...

A new type of exploding star discovered

Astronomers have discovered a new type of exploding star, according to a pair of studies.

Astronomers and Cassini spacecraft capture Saturn storm

For the first time, amateur astronomers used the composite infrared spectrometer instrument aboard N...

Astronomers `spot mega star cradle`

The question of how massive stars form is one of the great conundrums of modern astronomy.

`A new camera helps astronomers watch stars being born`

The first few images taken by a new near-infrared camera -- LUCIFER 1 -- is helping astronomers ob...

Astronomers take pictures of exoplanets

By using a small telescope, astronomers took a picture of three small planets orbiting a star outsid...

Astronomers measure ‘biggest’ comet

Astronomers have measured Comet McNaught, which is believed to be the biggest comet to date. McNaugh...

Astronomers solve enigma of eclipsing star

Astronomers on Wednesday said they may have explained the riddle of a dimming star that has perplexe...

Universe expansion is speeding up: Astronomers

Astronomers have claimed that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, after studying thousand...

Astronomers discover supermassive black holes

Astronomers, using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, have discovered two of the earliest and most prim...

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