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Farout dwarf planet

18 Dec 2018

Most-distant solar system object ever discovered, nicknamed Farout

2018 VG18, nicknamed "Farout" is at about 120 astronomical units away, where 1 AU is defined as the distance between the Earth and the Sun.

three giant planets

01 Sep 2016

Scientists discover three giant planets in binary star system

One star hosts two planets and the other hosts the third. The system represents the smallest-separation binary in which both stars host planets that has ever been observed.

24 Jun 2016

Volcanoes go quite silent before eruption

Seismic quietness occurs immediately before volcanoes erupt and can, thus, be used to forecast an impending eruption for restless volcanoes, say researchers.

13 Apr 2016

1917 image reveals first-ever evidence of exo-planetary system

The unexpected find was recognised in the process of researching an article about planetary systems surrounding white dwarf stars in the journal New Astronomy Reviews.

26 Feb 2016

Ocean acidification already taking toll on coral reef growth

The research was conducted in a lagoon on the southern Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 2014.

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