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Mountain on Mars is higher than Mount Everest
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Mountain on Mars is higher than Mount Everest

After more than eight months of Mars exploration, NASA's Curiosity probe captured a panoramic view of the 5,486-meter-tall Aeolis Mons in the center of the Gale Crater b…

December 17, 2018
The American spacecraft exits the solar system
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The American spacecraft exits the solar system

Scientists' statement appeared in an article in Geophysical Research Letters. According to the article, Voyager 1 is more than 18 billion kilometers from Earth.

December 17, 2018
Discover the fastest 'run' star in the universe
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Discover the fastest 'run' star in the universe

The star is a red dwarf star. It rotates around the cosmic black hole MAXI J1659-152 (which is three times the weight of our sun). This star is only one-fifth the weight…

December 17, 2018
NASA admits helplessness against meteors
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NASA admits helplessness against meteors

Officials from the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) concede there is nothing to be done if the meteorite on the collision with the Earth within 3 weeks.

December 17, 2018
Identify the universe
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Identify the universe

Published on March 21, the results of the latest study further confirmed the theory of expansion, which suggested that the universe formed only a few billionths of a sec…

December 17, 2018
Radar detects a meteorite pit under Russian lake
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Radar detects a meteorite pit under Russian lake

Thanks to radar technology, an asteroid crater has been exposed at the bottom of Lake Chebarkul, after experts attempted to find a meteorite collision point in Russia wi…

December 17, 2018
Comet: Assassin kills the dinosaurs
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Comet: Assassin kills the dinosaurs

American scientists announced the study of space rocks that collided with Earth 65 million years ago, causing the extinction of dinosaurs as a comet, rather than an aste…

December 17, 2018