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The moment the two star clusters become one
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The moment the two star clusters become one

The new image from the Hubble Space Telescope of the US Space Agency (NASA) shows that the two cluster clusters seem to be in the early stages of consolidation into one.

December 17, 2018
The Curiosity shoots the Martian rock
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The Curiosity shoots the Martian rock

The Curiosity of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has for the first time deployed a laser device to shoot a rock on Mars, using 30 short but intense light rays.

December 17, 2018
Two Russian astronauts are about to walk in space
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Two Russian astronauts are about to walk in space

Today (August 20) at 21:40 (Vietnam time), two Russian astronauts on the ISS station will make the first spacewalk of the Expedition mission 32, to upgrade and install m…

December 17, 2018
Russian spacecraft 'resting' in the Pacific Ocean
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Russian spacecraft 'resting' in the Pacific Ocean

Russia's unmanned space transport ship Progress M-15M has ended its mission to bring goods to supply to the International Space Station (ISS) after being sunk in the Sou…

December 17, 2018
Big Bang theory may be wrong
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Big Bang theory may be wrong

The beginning of the universe may not be from the Big Bang as we thought it would be, but like the process of freezing water, a group of physicists at Melbourne Universi…

December 17, 2018
Mars explorer robot fails a sensor
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Mars explorer robot fails a sensor

The first incident in the attempt to explore Mars happened yesterday after a wind sensor of the Curiosity device stopped working. The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has yet…

December 17, 2018
Discovered 41 new planets
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Discovered 41 new planets

Forty-one new planets were discovered published in two separate studies after scientists analyzed data from the Kepler space telescope of the US Space Agency (NASA).

December 17, 2018
Two meteor explosions at a galaxy
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Two meteor explosions at a galaxy

The galaxy, called NGC 1187, was discovered in 1784 by the English astronomer William Herschel. Far from being calm and unchanging, it has

December 17, 2018
Take monkeys and satellites to spy on space
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Take monkeys and satellites to spy on space

Iran will bring a monkey to space after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan ends on August 18, the Tehran Times said. Despite the difficult economic situation due to intern…

December 17, 2018
What mystery of Mars awaits discovery?
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What mystery of Mars awaits discovery?

Mars, the closest neighbor of the Earth in the solar system, still harbored a myriad of secrets that scientists crave to discover. With the latest Mars probe Curiosity w…

December 17, 2018
Russia failed to bring 2 satellites into orbit
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Russia failed to bring 2 satellites into orbit

On August 7, Russian federal space agency Roscosmos said the Russian rocket of Proton-M failed to put two telescopes on orbit due to the missile's upper floor malfunctio…

December 17, 2018