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NASA's Hubble telescope catches star digesting companion

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Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered surprising new clues about a hefty, rapidly aging star whose behavior has never been seen before in our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers at NASA have used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture a very rare event: A star, dubbed ‘Nasty 1,’ cannibalizing another star nearby, and producing a giant, pancake-shaped gas disk in the... 

Life may be found under frozen surface of Jupiter's moon

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Digitally re-mastered image of Jupiter’s moon Europa. There may exist life under the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa, says the US space agency. Fresh analysis of Hubble telescope data bolstered suspicions that under Europa’s icy shell there is a tidally-heated ocean of liquid water that could be capable of containing the building blocks of life. “For the first time in the history of... 

Jupiter's 'one-eyed giant Cyclops' captured by Hubble

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A stunning event captured by NASA’s Hubble Telescope shows a big black eye staring back from Jupiter’s Great Red Spot storm. In reality, it is shadow play on a planetary scale. The image was captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope as it tracked changes in Jupiter’s immense Great Red Spot storm, a storm that has been raging for over 300 years. The black eye is caused by the shadow of... 

US scientist discovers another moon of Neptune

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Thanks to archival photographs taken with the help of Hubble telescope, scientists found out that Neptune had 14, not 13 satellites, as was previously believed. The new satellite was discovered by American scientist Mark Showalter of SETI non-profit research institute network that is engaged in the search for extraterrestrial life. The specialist studied more than 150 images taken by the telescope... 
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