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Mo Moi rolled to Sharp Mountain on Mars
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Mo Moi rolled to Sharp Mountain on Mars

The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) said Moot robot began to enter a phase of rolling to Mount Sharp, performing its most important mission in the quest to find signs of li…

December 17, 2018
Bizarre service of burial of dead people to space
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Bizarre service of burial of dead people to space

Scientific and technical progress seems to have affected all areas without exception. Except that in the near future there is also a ceremony service to bury the dead as…

December 17, 2018
Found a giant meteorite 500 million years ago
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Found a giant meteorite 500 million years ago

Aerial and underground survey results helped US experts determine the existence of an ancient impact crater beneath a town in the state of Iowa (USA).

December 17, 2018
The solar system has a tail like a comet
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The solar system has a tail like a comet

The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) said one of its spacecraft had long suspected that the solar system had a tail like a comet.

December 17, 2018
Glass rain on special
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Glass rain on special

For the first time astronomers can confirm, the green color exists on HD189733b, the planet lies 63 light-years away from Earth, is the true color, created by the silica…

December 17, 2018
The first image of the moon Pluto
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The first image of the moon Pluto

The cruise ship of the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) on its way to Pluto dwarf planet has sent the first image of Charon, the largest moon of the planet.

December 17, 2018
NASA revealed the mission of the next Mars probe
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NASA revealed the mission of the next Mars probe

The next Mars probe of the US Space Agency (NASA) will be launched in 2020 with the mission to look for signs of life and take stone samples on the red planet to send it…

December 17, 2018
A series of 'tsunamis' broke out on the sun
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A series of 'tsunamis' broke out on the sun

Japanese and American artificial satellites capture the phenomenon of a series of 'tsunamis' spreading on the surface of the Sun at tremendous speeds.

December 17, 2018
The glorious death of a star
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The glorious death of a star

Although it can be brilliance for billions of years, our sun-like stars do not exist forever, and by the time of their death, their deaths have never been quiet, but mor…

December 17, 2018
Moon dust can interfere with the discovery process
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Moon dust can interfere with the discovery process

Responding to an interview with the Itar-Tass news agency on July 15, the head of the radiation safety department of the Vladislav Petrov Institute of Biomedical Science…

December 17, 2018