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China builds a fourth generation nuclear power plant
A project to build a nuclear power plant will turn China into the first country to exploit a fourth generation reactor for commercial purposes.
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Raising the international space station to 2.5km
On December 16, the International Space Station (ISS) was adjusted to orbit nearly 2.5 km. The Russian Flight Control Center (MCC) said this adjustment is to prepare to…
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China successfully launched the satellite for Turkey
On December 19, China successfully launched a Turkish earth observation satellite into orbit with the Truong Chinh rocket. The event was praised by Turkey as 'historical…
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The largest black holes in the universe
When it comes to black holes lurking at the center of galaxies, we refer to some of the true
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The Soyuz left the launch pad to take three astronauts to ISS
On the evening of December 19, the Russian Soyuz spacecraft left the launch pad in Kazakhstan to bring three astronauts flying to work for five months on the Internation…
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Found a planet that can replace Earth?
Tau Ceti, one of our closest stars, is a potential candidate that can contain Earth-like planets.
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Europe successfully launched two telecommunications satellites
As planned, on the morning of December 20, the European Aerospace Company Arianespace successfully launched Ariane 5 heavy rocket to bring two telecommunications satelli…
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New hypothesis about the solar system
New research results are challenging the current hypothesis about the formation of the solar system, which suggests that a supernova explosion has triggered everything.
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No planet collided with Earth in 2040
One day after the apocalyptic rumor, the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) gave the good news, that concerns about asteroids colliding with the earth will not happen.
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ISS International Space Station will have an electronic library
ISS International Space Station will be equipped with a multimedia library including music, movies and audio books.
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NASA wants to 'capture' meteorites as a space station
Scientists from the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) plan to capture a meteorite and change its trajectory to turn it into a space station.
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The 'newborn' of the universe
Astronomers have just released a new image of the universe, when it was 375,000 years old.
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Magnetic storms are unusually active
The statistics show that since the beginning of the year, the magnetic storm has been very unusual.
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Comet Christmas night
A year ago, NASA astronaut Dan Burbank discovered a great phenomenon in space: comet Lovejoy followed by a tail of gas and dust that appeared on Christmas Eve.
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The most exotic new planets 2012
Here are the strangest new planets discovered by astronomers in 2012, according to Live Science magazine.