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Things you don't know about galaxies
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Things you don't know about galaxies

For about 4 billion years, the Milky Way galaxy will merge with the Andromeda galaxy. The result of the integration process will be an elliptical galaxy called

December 17, 2018
Detecting strange flying objects on ISS
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Detecting strange flying objects on ISS

The video recorded by NASA cameras on the International Space Station was recorded while two astronauts were fixing some details on the station, behind them a strange fl…

December 17, 2018
Russia successfully launched Proton-M missile
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Russia successfully launched Proton-M missile

Russia on September 28 successfully launched the rocket that Proton-M put a satellite into orbit, in the first launch after the May failure, AFP said.

December 17, 2018
Super large flare detected from red dwarfs
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Super large flare detected from red dwarfs

The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered a dazzling 10,000 times more intense than the most powerful dazzle ever recorded in the history of the…

December 17, 2018
Winter appears on Saturn's Titan moon
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Winter appears on Saturn's Titan moon

Astronomers have discovered a cyanide cloud covering Titan's southernmost region, a phenomenon similar to what happened in 2009 when Saturn, Titan's mother star, began t…

December 17, 2018
Locate the answer for Europe's Mars mission
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Locate the answer for Europe's Mars mission

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on October 1 that it has identified four potential locations on Mars to carry out self-propelled landings in 2019.

December 17, 2018
Russian space exploitation and use
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Russian space exploitation and use

On October 4, 1957, the world aerospace history marked a new milestone with the Soviet Union launching its first satellite into space - Sputnik satellite.

December 17, 2018
Iran is about to put 3 satellites into orbit
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Iran is about to put 3 satellites into orbit

The official Fars news agency on October 4 quoted an Iranian official as saying the country is preparing to bring three domestic-produced satellites named Zafar, Tolou a…

December 17, 2018