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The age of the star is about 11 billion years. Scientists using a telescope “Hubble” has received the star cluster NGC 362, which is located at a distance of 27 thousand light-years from Earth in the constellation of the Toucan. As reported on the website of the telescope, just in …

Discovered flash differ significantly from those that emit space objects. Scientists have recorded two mysterious flashes of x-ray radiation in the nearby milky Way galaxy, reports the journal Nature. Not yet established the cause of these outbreaks. The research team, led by Professor Jimmy Irwin (USA), examined data on 70 …

Discovered “skeleton” covers an almost whole plane of our galaxy.It turns out that our galaxy, the milky Way galaxy, like animals of different species, has its own “skeleton”, “bone” which begins in the center of the galaxy. These bones are long and dense filaments of cold gas space, and until …

Amazing pictures taken in Hawaii. This summer, Ulderico Granger spent on the island of Hawaii, staying near Mauna Kea. But instead of the usual vacation photographer was interested in the night sky. Granger could hardly sleep at night, but he will forever be remembered for late night adventures and amazing …

The photographer slept in a tent for stunning pictures. This summer, Ulderico Granger spent on the island of Hawaii, staying near Mauna Kea. But instead of the usual vacation photographer was interested in the night sky. Granger could hardly sleep at night, but he will forever be remembered for late …

Scientists measured the distance to the eight “star nurseries” Local sleeves. “Local arm” of the milky way turned out to be four times longer than previously thought. This was reported in the online edition of Science Advances. “We rarely paid attention to the sleeve of the Galaxy. Always thought that …

Scientists have created the first catalogue of more than a billion stars in the milky way. Astronomers have created the first catalogue of stars in the milky Way, according to the European space Agency (ESA). It includes more than one billion objects of our galaxy. Detailed map of which is …

Tan leather forms the radiation entering from outside the milky Way. Scientists set out to determine the number of photons falls on the earth’s surface from different sources. Was used for tanning of human influences even the milky Way. Scientists of Australia, applying the most modern high-precision technology managed to …

Scientists have discovered an awakened dwarf galaxy Astrophysicists have discovered two awakened dwarf galaxy. The star formation occurred after the system moved from a space of emptiness in space, rich in gas and dust matter. Of such systems to form larger galaxies. A study published in the journal The Astrophysical …

A huge portion of the galaxy is a “cosmic desert”, where new stars are not generated hundreds of millions of years. In the vicinity of the center of our Galaxy there is a giant cosmic “desert” in length, 8 thousand light years, where virtually no young stars, and this discovery …