Bonanza of Earths await discovery: study
Planets galore About a third of Sun-like stars are likely to contain Earth-like planets orbiting in habitable zones.
The findings appear in a
Huge radio telescope ready for business
First light A powerful telescope in Chile's Atacama desert has peered into the sky affording a view of the universe unmatched by most ground-based ob
Milky Way hangs by a cosmic thread
We are here Sitting like a bead on a cosmic thread, Australian astronomers have identified our galaxy's position in the large scale structure of the
Heavenly Palace set for launch
Giant leap China is due to take its first step towards building a space station on Thursday when it launches an experimental module ahead of the coun
Long stay in space has blinding effect
Blurred vision A new study of astronauts shows that radiation and bone loss aren't the only health risks for long-duration stays in space - they coul
Small galaxies with large black holes
Galactic surprise Some small galaxies in the distant universe have disproportionately sized black holes, say US scientists.
Their findings wi
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