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Detecting water on a distant planet
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Detecting water on a distant planet

HR 8799c, the name of the planet, about 130 light-years from Earth. It is quite far from its own star so astronomers can observe it easily.

December 17, 2018
Eclipse image from the universe
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Eclipse image from the universe

When the moon moved between the sun and an artificial satellite in the universe a few days ago, the satellite camera recorded that rare sight.

December 17, 2018
Discover large meteorite in Antarctica
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Discover large meteorite in Antarctica

Vinciane Debaille, a geologist of the Free University of Brussels in Belgium, and Belgian and Japanese colleagues have used snowmobiles to find Antarctic meteorites for…

December 17, 2018
Detect invisible belt around the earth
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Detect invisible belt around the earth

A radiation belt that unprecedented scientific circles surrounded the earth last year before being destroyed by the shockwave.

December 17, 2018
Private ship having trouble in the air
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Private ship having trouble in the air

The three engines of the Dragon Airship did not start after the rocket pushed it out of the earth to reach the International Space Station yesterday.

December 17, 2018
China developed missiles to conquer the Moon
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China developed missiles to conquer the Moon

According to Xinhua, the deputy director and party secretary of the Chinese Academy of rocket technology, Liang Xiaowang, said on Tuesday that the country has developed…

December 17, 2018
Witness the birth of the planet
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Witness the birth of the planet

Chilean astronomers said that for the first time they observed directly a planet picturing inside a disk of gas and thick dust at the star system 335 light years away.

December 17, 2018