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The latest research study of US space agency NASA concludes that billions of years ago, giant asteroids hit Earth with more frequency that was higher than the previously thought.

These asteroids, similar or larger than the one is the cause of the dinosaur extinction, believed to have killed the dinosaurs, would have seemed to be 10 km in diameter. Read the rest of this entry…

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12
Jan
Milky Way appears ‘White Like Snow’ From Far

As per scientist study revealed at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, the color of Milky Way our galaxy would appear like the shade of fine-grained spring snow in early morning light.

Although the color of the Milky Way is red than other spiral galaxies, but while it combined with its blue arms, its overall color is white as the shade of white halfway between an incandescent light bulb and the standard spectrum white on a TV.

The Milky Way’s red color indicates its star-forming days are coming to an end. An astronomer Jeffrey Newman said, “It’s entering its retirement when it won’t make anything new.”

With the University of Pittsburgh, Newman informed, “Understanding the color of the Milky Way allows us to compare other galaxies to it because for most galaxies all we can measure is how bright they are and what color they are. Read the rest of this entry…

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