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Although studies suggest that it is unlikely that the asteroid carrying the demon Apophis plunges into the earth, it looks at the dimples on the surface of the moon, the…
Recently, Iran announced that it had successfully launched the missile, carrying a monkey into space and returned to Earth safely. On January 28, Iranian national televi…
The meteorite is about the size of a football field flying quite close to Earth, and will approach the closest distance to our planet in the middle of next month.
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on January 29 that it will bring the ISS-Rapid Scat to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure th…
Vegetables grown on the International Space Station (ISS) can be used without fear of food poisoning, according to research by Russian scientists.
Space shuttle Columbia Columbia (NASA number: OV-102) is the first ship in NASA's space shuttle fleet capable of flying to space. Its first flight, STS-1, lasted from Ap…
South Korea's scientific satellite contacted the ground station on January 31, marking the full success of its first satellite launch mission, Yonhap quoted officials as…
NASA has just launched a new generation transitional satellite into space, performing the task of upgrading the critical information network, connecting the space statio…
Black holes are known to exist at the center of most galaxies, but there are still many unanswered mysteries that are their influence on galaxies' evolution.
The Moon Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured the most detailed images of two giant holes on the surface of the Moon.
'Total cost' for life on Mars within a year amounted to tens of billions of dollars. Mars is the most Earth-like planet in the Solar System. Whether past or present, the…
According to Interfax news agency, Russia's Zenit missile carrying an American telecommunications satellite fell into the Pacific Ocean shortly after it was launched fro…
According to astronomers, the super comet named ISON will approach the Earth but does not cause any impact on human safety.
The central region of the Milky Way appears with subtle colors in a photo taken from the ground by a telescope.
Little Lauren Rojas (12 years old), a seventh-grader from Antioch City (California, USA), completed her science project by bringing Hello Kitty into space and recording…