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Ruins of the early universe
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Ruins of the early universe

After nearly three years of constantly monitoring an extremely bright object less than 300 million light-years from Earth, astronomers have just announced the latest dis…

December 17, 2018
Vietnam satellite hits the space station
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Vietnam satellite hits the space station

After 6 days of launching into orbit, 21h40 on Hanoi time, HTV-3 transport vessel approached ISS. When the transport vessel is at a distance of 10m from the station, the…

December 17, 2018
Detecting the 'copy' of the solar system
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Detecting the 'copy' of the solar system

According to the Daily Mail, while tracking and analyzing the movement of planets through stars on Kepler-30 - a sun-like star, scientists who participated in the Kepler…

December 17, 2018
List of 5 planets can find life
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List of 5 planets can find life

Until now, astronomers have confirmed more than 700 of the thousands of planets outside our solar system.

December 17, 2018
The Mars probe is ready to land
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The Mars probe is ready to land

The probe called Curiosity is leaning towards Mars after a long journey that began throughout November last year. Under the plan, a car-sized nuclear energy-powered devi…

December 17, 2018
Find meteor craters to kill dinosaurs
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Find meteor craters to kill dinosaurs

Scientists have shown that a large 25km-diameter crater was discovered on Victoria Island (Canadian archipelago) formed by a meteor shower that killed all dinosaurs, acc…

December 17, 2018
Russian supply ships docked at ISS after 6 hours
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Russian supply ships docked at ISS after 6 hours

Russia's unmanned Progress transport ship today (August 2), connected to the International Space Station (ISS) in an automatic mode, after only six hours leaving the lau…

December 17, 2018
7 'Mars' lands on Earth
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7 'Mars' lands on Earth

7 areas below converge to the harshest weather conditions on Mars. Therefore, scientists decided to use these 7 sites to test science technologies before putting them in…

December 17, 2018
Energy on the Moon can be used for 5,000 years
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Energy on the Moon can be used for 5,000 years

Heli-3 reserves on the Moon can guarantee Earth's energy consumption for the next five thousand years. Dr. Vladislav Shevchenko, director of the Moon and Planet Institut…

December 17, 2018