[ad_1] By: IANS | New York | Posted on: October 5, 2018 at 18:20:16 It is estimated that the moon represents only 1.5% of the mass of the planet that accompanies it. …
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Astronomers may have caught a black hole by eating a star
[ad_1] The SS 433 is a microquasar, consisting of a compact object (right), which is a black hole or a neutron star, sucking the matter from its companion star (right).(Credit: illustration of …
Read More »Have astronomers found the first moon outside our solar system?
[ad_1] By: Express Web Desk | Updated: October 4, 2018 12:55:54 This illustration provided by Dan Durda shows the exoplanet Kepler-1625b with a hypothetical moon. (Source: AP) Two Columbia University researchers, Alex …
Read More »Astronomers discover the first irrefutable evidence of a moon outside our solar system
[ad_1] Artist's view of the exoplanet Kepler-1625b, transiting through the star, followed by exomoon candidate. Credit: Dan Durda Two astronomers from Columbia University using the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Kepler Space …
Read More »Remember this "strange" interstellar comet? Astronomers have reduced their star system at home
[ad_1] Astronomers think they have traveled for billions of years before crossing our solar system. Astronomers did not know where this "weird" interstellar came from there, but scientists have now reduced their …
Read More »TESS space telescope will find thousands of planets, but astronomers are looking for a small number of planets | Science
[ad_1] The most recent NASA planetary hunter probably found his first planetand a few days later, his second. Astronomers await independent confirmation from other telescopes, but the glut of new planets could …
Read More »Astronomers follow the interstellar "visitor" to four possible star systems
[ad_1] <div _ngcontent-c15 = "" innerhtml = " Astronomers have tentatively tracked the object "Oumuamua" – the first confirmed interstellar rock visitor to our solar system – to potential four stars. Using …
Read More »Astronomers suggest a whole new origin of the strange moons of Mars
[ad_1] New research on the origin of the two strange moons of Mars suggests that they are not cosmic visitors after all, but that they are mostly grown at home. Our understanding …
Read More »Astronomers use the natural history of the Earth as a guide to spot vegetation on new worlds
[ad_1] The natural history of the Earth can now serve as a guide for astronomers to identify exoplanets. About 500 million years ago, this planet had a different light signature due to …
Read More »Where do the two moons of Mars come from? Astronomers could finally have the answer
[ad_1] The High Resolution Experimentation Camera (HiRISE) of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft took two images of the largest of Mars' two moons, Phobos, 10 minutes apart from each other on March …
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