Cold object delights astronomers
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Astrophysicists find a star-like object with a surface temperature just one tenth that of the Sun.
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[Technology India] Washington, Sep 16 : Scientists have proposed the building of a telescope in the Antarctic, claiming that the calm air above the icy landscape makes it the best place on Earth for astronomy.
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Astronomers using a giant telescope atop a volcano have discovered a hot spot at the tip of Saturn's south pole.
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Astronomers have observed an asteroid change the rate at which it spins for the first time, and shown that this is due to a theoretical effect predicted but never before seen.
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Astronomers produce amazing pictures using a remarkable new instrument on the UK Infrared Telescope in Hawaii.
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A giant rock spotted on the fringes of the Solar System has frozen water crystals on its surface, an intriguing discovery that suggests it may harbour volcanic activity, a study says.
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Astronomers detect a torrent of water ice pelting an embryonic star system.
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A tiny telescope has spotted a giant planet circling a faraway star, using a technique that could open a new phase of planetary discovery, according to scientists.
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An international team of astronomers has produced the first ever image of an astronomical object using high energy gamma rays, helping to solve a 100 year old mystery - an origin of cosmic rays.
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U.S. scientists say the spine of the James Webb Space Telescope has become the largest structure ever tested in freezing conditions.
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Astronomers have produced some amazing pictures using a remarkable new instrument on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope in Hawaii.
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While you may never have pondered the similarity between a common bar magnet and a    star,&nbsp;astronomers do, and they believe they have figure out why the two disparate bodies are    sometimes strikingly similar.
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Ice particles are key players in the ever-changing panorama at Saturn, according to a new study led by a University of Colorado at Boulder professor using an instrument on the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft now at the ringed planet.
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Scientists have obtained their best measurement yet of the size and contents of a neutron star, an ultra-dense object containing the strangest and rarest matter in the Universe.
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A comet discovered earlier this year has now moved close enough to be visible without binoculars or telescopes by experienced observers under dark skies. It is expected to put on a modest show this month and into January.
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Astronomers have found the first signature of complex organic molecules in the dust cloud around a distant star, suggesting that these building blocks of life may be a common feature of planetary systems.
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SAN DIEGO&nbsp;-- Strange objects in faraway space known to astronomers only as Giant Galactic Blobs have, upon close inspection, become a lot&nbsp;weirder.