Improbable Planet: Doomed Jupiter-Size Gas Giant Perilously Close to Star Spotted by Astronomers

This is an artist's impression of a Jupiter-sized planet passing in front of its parent star - Sputnik International

21 February 2020, 08:50 GMT

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Enigmatic Objects Orbiting Around Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole Puzzle Researchers

artist impression of the surroundings of a supermassive black hole - Sputnik International

17 January 2020, 16:18 GMT

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Sun’s Red Star Neighbour Betelgeuse Suspected of Cannibalism

A plume on Betelgeuse (artist’s impression) - Sputnik International

9 January 2020, 22:26 GMT

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Video: China Tests Mars Lander, Triangulates NASA Probe’s Location Amid Deep Space Mission Prep

A lander is hanged for a hovering-and-obstacle avoidance test for China's Mars mission at a test facility in Huailai, Hebei province, China November 14, 2019. - Sputnik International

22 November 2019, 21:48 GMT

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There Can Be Only One: Discovery Reveals Black Holes Stop Dwarf Galaxies From Forming New Stars

artist impression of the surroundings of a supermassive black hole - Sputnik International

15 October 2019, 14:31 GMT

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Photos: China Launches First Gravitational Wave Detection Satellite

In this photo released by the Xinhua news agency, an orbiter is launched by a Long March-3III carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Sunday Jan. 17, 2010 - Sputnik International

24 September 2019, 20:41 GMT

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Researchers Explore Habitability of Two Exoplanets in Nearby Star’s ‘Goldilocks Zone’ (Photos)

This still from a video shows illustrations of the seven Earth-size planets of TRAPPIST-1, an exoplanet system about 40 light-years away, based on data current as of February 2018. - Sputnik International

8 August 2019, 19:03 GMT

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Documented 1975 Moonquake Shows Lunar Surface Shaped by Tremors - Study

This visualization of Lee Lincoln scarp is created from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographs and elevation mapping. The scarp is a low ridge or step about 80 meters high and running north-south through the western end of the Taurus-Littrow valley, the site of the Apollo 17 Moon landing. The scarp marks the location of a relatively young, low-angle thrust fault - Sputnik International

7 August 2019, 20:05 GMT

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California Scientists Discover New Category of Pulsating Stars

The nebula remains of a dead giant star surround the remaining subdwarf O star, another kind of hot subdwarf. - Sputnik International

2 August 2019, 23:02 GMT

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Fireball Bright as the Moon May Have Dropped Meteorites in Canada (Video)

Collection of images of a fireball (Event: 20190724-064340) observed at 2:44 a.m. on July 24, 2019, via Western University's all-sky cameras - Sputnik International

25 July 2019, 19:00 GMT

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Astronomers Find Smallest Galaxy Containing Supermassive Black Hole

An international team of scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole inside one of the tiniest galaxies known - Sputnik International

19 September 2014, 11:19 GMT

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Aurora Borealis to Light Russia’s Central Regions Tonight

Aurora Borealis will be visible in Russia's central regions on Friday night, September,12 - Sputnik International

12 September 2014, 17:31 GMT

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Russia Considers Meteor Impact Prevention Project

The population of near-Earth objects (blue dots) and potentially dangerous (orange) asteroids, according to WISE. - Sputnik International

25 August 2014, 18:58 GMT

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Brightest Supermoon of 2014, Perseid Meteor Shower to be Visible This Weekend

9 August 2014, 12:38 GMT

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Astronomical Battle in US Over Lomonosov’s Venus Discovery

Russian-born scientist Vladimir Shiltsev with the antique telescope he used to replicate Mikhail Lomonosov’s 1761 experiment to witness Venus’ atmosphere as it passed between the earth and the sun. - Sputnik International

31 January 2013, 23:49 GMT

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