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The third nose is Mars on Mars
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The third nose is Mars on Mars

US space agency (NASA) said the Mo Mo robot has just made the third official drill on a block of sandstone in Mars.

December 17, 2018
Meteors appear in Canada
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Meteors appear in Canada

A meteorite may have swept the sky near Toronto in the daytime and created rare bright spots.

December 17, 2018
706 people won 4 tickets to Mars
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706 people won 4 tickets to Mars

The Mars One program with the goal of bringing people from Earth to conquer Mars has been very dramatic. To date, 706 people are competing for the first 4 levels to trav…

December 17, 2018
Planting trees on Mars
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Planting trees on Mars

The US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) is planning to send the next generation of self-propelled robots and plant seeds to the red planet.

December 17, 2018
Super-fast star detection
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Super-fast star detection

Chinese-Chinese scientists have discovered a super-fast star, moving at a rate of 1.6 million km / h, located near the center of the Milky Way.

December 17, 2018
Re-establishing the universe on a computer
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Re-establishing the universe on a computer

According to the Guardian newspaper, the study led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the most detailed, the most complex universe model ever.

December 17, 2018
The sun has 'sisters'
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The sun has 'sisters'

In the center of the solar system, the giant star warming the Earth is not the only child born more than 4 billion years ago.

December 17, 2018
NASA creates cosmic dust in the laboratory
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NASA creates cosmic dust in the laboratory

Scientists at the Ames Research Center of the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the first time successfully recreated dust tiny particles that usually o…

December 17, 2018
Moon polishing project
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Moon polishing project

A cosmetic company in Sweden has proposed a strange idea to reduce the need to use street lights at night: polish the surface of Ms. Hang.

December 17, 2018
The LADEE vessel collided with the Moon
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The LADEE vessel collided with the Moon

The far side of the Moon was chosen as the resting place of LADEE in order to prevent the collision from damaging historic landing sites from previous missions.

December 17, 2018