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Lonely stars
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Lonely stars

American astronomers believe that mysterious infrared halo across the night sky may be related to isolated stars outside the galaxy's borders.

December 17, 2018
Earth is about to return to the ice age?
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Earth is about to return to the ice age?

In the future, the Sun can produce 4 magnetic poles, causing cold on Earth. It is forecasted by the National Astronomical Observatory and the Institute of Natural Scienc…

December 17, 2018
Spotted sunbathing spiders on Mars
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Spotted sunbathing spiders on Mars

The strange spider-shaped objects discovered on the surface of Mars are making a lot of interesting speculations.

December 17, 2018
Discovering the Milky Way's new black hole
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Discovering the Milky Way's new black hole

NASA said the Swift satellite had captured X-ray beams from a place near the center of the Milky Way, evidence that the existence of a previously unknown black hole.

December 17, 2018
Astronauts will fly to space by ordinary airports
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Astronauts will fly to space by ordinary airports

The project is very expensive space. Just putting 1kg on orbit costs $ 7,000 to $ 20,000, the cost of launching missiles is 30% or more, so experts are looking for ways…

December 17, 2018
Robots detect objects that sparkle on Mars
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Robots detect objects that sparkle on Mars

The object appears in a photo that the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). So experts decided to stop the soil analysis so Curiosity took mor…

December 17, 2018
Face hiding 'monster' black hole
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Face hiding 'monster' black hole

Ultraviolet ray sky surveys have found super-giant black holes that are rapidly increasing in size from the early universe.

December 17, 2018
US revealed test military flying discs
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US revealed test military flying discs

The US National Archives published for the first time a drawing of a US Air Force flying saucer that placed a private research and manufacturing company in the 1950s. Th…

December 17, 2018
Dragon's first private spacecraft connected to ISS
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Dragon's first private spacecraft connected to ISS

On October 10, NASA announced that the Dragon cargo ship launched by the Space Technology Expedition Group (SpaceX) on October 7 successfully connected to the Station. I…

December 17, 2018