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Europe set up a meteorite monitoring center
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Europe set up a meteorite monitoring center

Nicolas Bobrinsky, director of ESA's Space Situation (SSA) program, said that the meteorite crash in central Russia made nearly 1,200 people injured on February 15 show…

December 17, 2018
See astronauts prepare food on the universe
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See astronauts prepare food on the universe

The preparation of food on the International Space Station (ISS) is very different from that on Earth because of its weightless environment. Even some foods, including s…

December 17, 2018
A series of tiny devices flew up into space
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A series of tiny devices flew up into space

On February 25, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) launched a suitcase-sized artificial satellite and two tiny telescopes out of the earth to track large meteorites and bri…

December 17, 2018
Curiosity sees the strange animal skeleton on Mars
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Curiosity sees the strange animal skeleton on Mars

The American Curiosity probe was found on Red planet with a strange animal skeleton. According to experts, looking at the structure is very similar to the lizard skeleto…

December 17, 2018
Determine the origin of Russian meteorites
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Determine the origin of Russian meteorites

Astronomers have speculated that the meteorite's early residence in central Russia on February 15 is a meteorite belt between Mars and Jupiter.

December 17, 2018
Owl 'compulsive surgery' from space
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Owl 'compulsive surgery' from space

The asteroid attack of nearly 10 km in diameter left the impact crater as wide as 193km, the third largest in this form on the surface of the globe, and most likely trig…

December 17, 2018
Ghost ocean on Mercury
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Ghost ocean on Mercury

Mercury, the planet that is closest to the sun, may have owned a large ma-ocean ocean and curled up early in its 4.5-billion-year history.

December 17, 2018