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Latest picture of Mercury - multi-faceted diamond
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Latest picture of Mercury - multi-faceted diamond

By using thousands of photographs taken by Messenger satellites after a year of being launched into orbit to carry out its mission, NASA was able to fully build Mercury'…

December 17, 2018
NASA ships find gray stones on the surface of Mars
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NASA ships find gray stones on the surface of Mars

NASA announced on February 20 that its Curiosity probe had obtained a sample of Martian rock and discovered that powdered soil just below the planet's red surface was ac…

December 17, 2018
The planet promises more life than Mars
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The planet promises more life than Mars

At NASA's request, a promising project for Europa research has been revised to minimize costs. This is the latest move related to Europa's exploration plan at the Americ…

December 17, 2018
Solar storms are about to explode
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Solar storms are about to explode

The Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite of the US Aerospace Agency discovered giant black spots on February 20.

December 17, 2018
Meteors are hard to destroy the earth
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Meteors are hard to destroy the earth

Whether an asteroid explodes or falls to the ground depends on the ability of the atmosphere to withstand the compressive pressure. They often take up to 99% of the mate…

December 17, 2018
Russian meteorite rain brings virus to Earth?
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Russian meteorite rain brings virus to Earth?

The Russian space agency (Roskosmos) acknowledged that their telescopes could not find the meteorite falling on the country's Chelyabinsk region, because it had a very s…

December 17, 2018
Asteroids are named Wikipedia
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Asteroids are named Wikipedia

The asteroid 274,301, discovered by Ukrainian astronomers on August 25, 2008, has just been named Wikipedia in honor of this open encyclopedia.

December 17, 2018
NASA balloon breaks the longest flight record
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NASA balloon breaks the longest flight record

After 55 days of flying over Antarctica, the giant Super-TIGER science balloon from NASA has broken the record for the longest flight and brought back countless valuable…

December 17, 2018
NASA robots search for 'treasure' on Mars
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NASA robots search for 'treasure' on Mars

Curiosity is the first robot capable of drilling deep into Mars's rock. This time, Curiosity used its drilling and beating system to drill, smash rocks, take samples and…

December 17, 2018
Recording the giant moon
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Recording the giant moon

Using professional camera lenses, photographer Mark Gee chose for himself a position 2km away from Victoria Mountain to return to the scene of the moon rising on the top…

December 17, 2018