Astronomers were using the SPHERE instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory. The exciting peer-reviewed results were published in The letters of the astrophysical journal on July 22, 2020. This planetary system orbits the star TYC 8998-760-1. It is 300 light years away in the …
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This map looks back in time. Astronomers working on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a decades-long project to map the universe, recently released a new 3D map of the cosmos. It spans 11 billion years (out of 13.8 billion) of the history of the universe. More than 100 scientists mapped …
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Mars and the moon may be the next out-of-this-world neighborhoods for Americans someday, possibly in the next 10 years. The Department of Energy wants the private sector to build nuclear power plants that allow us to live in the harsh conditions of the red plant and the orb of the …
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Yes, this is a real image of Saturn. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a new, exceptionally sharp image of the ringed gas giant in early July, and the space agency released the image of the planet on Thursday. “The sharp view of Hubble solves the structure of the finely etched …
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Scientists have captured the first direct image of a solar system that closely resembles ours. The new image is a kind of family portrait, showing two giant exoplanets orbiting a young, sun-like star some 300 light-years away. The image was taken using the European Southern Observatory Very large telescope, located …
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