If you love strange cosmic sights, the yolk’s on you. A space telescope in Europe has cracked open the best image yet of one of the rarest types of stars in the known universe, and astronomers note that is resembles a fried egg. The European Southern Observatory‘s aptly-named Very Large Telescope, at the Paranal Observatory [...]
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Astronomers have discovered a faraway planet that seems to be made of almost entirely out of diamond. The new planet is far denser than any other that’s been found thus far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists are figuring that it is most likely made of crystalline, so a large [...]
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NASA has discovered two new planets orbiting the same star in the Milky Way using the Kepler Space Telescope. The planets are about the same size as Saturn. According to William Borucki, Kepler Mission Science Principal Investigator at the NASA Ames Research Center, this is the “first discovery of multiple planets orbiting the same star.” [...]
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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured something truly awesome…a planet right here in our own galaxy that is in the process of being engulfed by its star…its own sun, if you will. The planet is called WASP-12b and it has the highest known surface temperature of any other planet in our galaxy…currently around 1,500 degrees [...]
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