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America exhibits Russian meteorite fragments
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America exhibits Russian meteorite fragments

The Field Museum in Chicago (USA) said it had collected 234 meteorite pieces of the terrorist that exploded in the sky of Russia's Urals region in February.

December 17, 2018
Traces Soviet missing ships on Mars
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Traces Soviet missing ships on Mars

Some amateur scientists in Russia say they found the resting place of a Soviet ship that had been missing nearly 42 years ago.

December 17, 2018
The solar flare is the strongest of the year
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The solar flare is the strongest of the year

The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has captured impressive images that show the sun has produced the strongest flare from the beginning of the year, and…

December 17, 2018
China launched the first high-resolution satellite
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China launched the first high-resolution satellite

According to Xinhua, on March 28, the Chinese Defense Science, Technology and Industry (SATIND) Department said China will launch its first satellite with a high-resolut…

December 17, 2018
Suddenly found water in the universe
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Suddenly found water in the universe

US and Canadian scientists have found steam and carbon oxides in the atmosphere of a planet 129 light-years from Earth.

December 17, 2018
Discovered a $ 5.3 million meteorite in the field
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Discovered a $ 5.3 million meteorite in the field

Few doubts, the rock lying between the farm of a Spanish farmer during the past 30 years is the remains of an asteroid that plunges into the earth since ancient times, w…

December 17, 2018
Russian ships set up a feat of time to ISS
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Russian ships set up a feat of time to ISS

The flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 28 of the Soyuz spacecraft only lasted nearly 6 hours, while other flights usually took place over two days.

December 17, 2018
Stone from Mercury has fallen to Earth
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Stone from Mercury has fallen to Earth

Many people saw a meteorite on fire in the sky in North Africa in July last year, but it was not until late December that scientists discovered its fragments at a place…

December 17, 2018
Asteroids 'baked' Earth
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Asteroids 'baked' Earth

A collision with an ancient asteroid may have triggered a global fire storm, burning each tree and grass on the surface of our planet.

December 17, 2018
Milky Way between the black hole fin
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Milky Way between the black hole fin

Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) in the US have run computer programs on galaxy formation, thus discovering that our Milky Way is probabl…

December 17, 2018