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Venus transit to fine-tune search for other world

The scientists will be using the last Venus transit for a century, which will take place next week, ...

Universe may be teeming with nomad planets

A recent study proposed that the galaxy is packed with nomad planets adrift in space.

Expanding universe `making picture bleak for future cosmologists`

The universe is a spectacularly complex place, studded with galaxies and larger-scale structures tha...

Universe has many more stars than known?

Some of the oldest galaxies in the Universe have three times more stellar mass, and so many more sta...

Earth-like rocky planets `may be common in universe`

Earth-like rocky planets that humans could live on may be more common in the universe than stars.

Soon, 3.2bln-pixel camera to give `deepest view of night sky ever seen`

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is being put together by the SLAC National Accelerator La...

Most precise measurement of universe revealed

Researchers have shed light on how ancient sound waves sculpted the cosmos, thus revealing the most ...

How `dark energy` triggered expansion of Universe

Researchers have come up with a 3D map of the sky, which facilitates scientists to look into the tim...

Soon, dead stars `may guide astronauts across the Universe`

These dense, burnt-out stars rotate rapidly, sweeping their emission across the cosmos at rates that...

Universe expanding, driven by `dark energy`

The universe is expanding at exactly the speed Prof Albert Einstein has predicted - driven by "dark ...

How universe got its magnetism?

Magnetic fields exist throughout galactic and intergalactic space.

`Neutrinos do not go faster than light`

Neutrinos do not go faster than light, according to new measurements of a test last year that sugges...

Distant young galaxy cluster `discovered`

Planetary scientists claim to have discovered a distant young galaxy cluster located 10.5 billion li...

Scientists at US lab detect hints of elusive particle

Scientists said they have gotten even closer to proving the existence of the elusive Higgs boson, th...

Why the universe seems to have no anti-matter?

Physicists at the University of California have launched a lab experiment to find out whether antima...

How matter clumps together in the universe

For the first time, astronomers claim to have used visual data from nearly a million luminous galaxi...

Astronomers make biggest map of dark matter

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

Google Maps help reveal new universe secrets

Scientists have discovered that the reddest galaxies with the largest central bulb have the longest ...

Aliens in Amazon jungle!

A still from a video apparently taken in Amazon jungle showing an alien-like creature standing in th...

Massive stars behind cosmic fog of early universe?

High energy light from massive stars could have been responsible for the opaque and dense fog betwee...

Studies of universe`s expansion win physics Nobel

Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their studies of exploding ...

Universe `bound by cosmic thread`

Planetary scientists claim to have discovered that the universe is bound by cosmic thread.

Scientists create radio Atlas of Milky Way

After almost ten years of work, researchers have drawn up a new radio atlas of the Milky Way.

Astronomers discover black hole swallowing a star

A black hole described as a "cosmic monster" lurking at the heart of a galaxy has been recorded as i...

God particle may not exist after all, say experts

A particle believed to have played a key role in the creation of the universe might not exist after ...

Fewer stars form as galaxies run out of gas

Star formation peaked early in the universe`s history, about 8 to 10 billion years ago, then began t...

Is our universe a multiverse?

Is our universe just one of many? The idea may sound a bit bizarre, but it could be a reality, scien...

How fast the Universe is expanding

A PhD student at the University of Western Australia has produced one of the most accurate measureme...

Largest water reservoir in universe `discovered`

Quasar is one of the brightest and most violent objects in the cosmos.

Cosmos Symmetry suggests universe spun an axis

The shape of the Big Bang might be more complicated than previously thought, and that the early univ...

Zombie stars reveal history of universe expansion

Scientists have claimed that a special category of stars, known as Type Ia supernovae or ‘Zombie’ st...

Bright galaxy sheds light on early Universe

The most distant quasar ever seen sent light 870 million years after the Big Bang.

Galaxies are either `awake` or `asleep`: Study

Researchers also found that there are many more active galaxies than passive ones.

NASA telescope finds earliest black holes at dawn

Black holes are objects whose gravity is so strong that not even light can escape from them.

Aussie student finds universe`s `missing mass`

The mystery material was located within vast structures called "filaments of galaxies".

`Moon may have more water than believed`

The findings were made using a precision instrument, called the NanoSIMS 50L ion microprobe.

Electrons most round natural objects in universe

The electrons differ from being perfectly round by less than 0.000000000000000000000000001cm.

How the Universe came into existence

Scientists have solved the fundamental question on how the Universe came into existence and how life...

Most detailed 3D map of universe unveiled

It is being touted as the biggest and the most detailed ever 3D map of the universe - a journey goin...

Largest-ever 3D map of distant universe `created`

The map was made using light from 14K quasars with the 3rd Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

CERN marks advance in universe mysteries search

Scientists made a key advance in their program to unveil mysteries of the universe.

Underground telescope to peer beyond Big Bang

The telescope will be built inside a network of tunnels 12 miles long.

Death threat to UK Muslim Miss Universe contestant

A 24-year-old British Muslim woman, has received death threats from those who claim that she is de...

Is gravity left-handed?

Physicists look for a definitive answer that may provide a clue to a long-sought theory of quantum g...

Black holes `blow away gas`

Radiation from black holes can push away the gas they feed on explaining why they go quiescent.

`Galaxies grow like snowflakes`

Researchers have based their conclusions on observations of the massive elliptical galaxy NGC1407.

`Fishing net` to collect space debris

Japan`s space agency & a 100-year-old fishing net company have designed a huge net to collect space ...

Cosmos 250 times bigger than visible universe

Scientists recently worked out the size of visible universe using data collected by Hubble Telescope...

Hottest planet in the universe `discovered`

The temperature of exoplanet, WASP-33b also known as HD15082 is a scorching 3,200C.

Missing link between Big Bang & star creation found

The "missing link" between the Big Bang and the evolution of the universe has been uncovered.

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