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Tomorrow morning, a giant meteorite will fly over Earth
Astronomers say the 2012 LZ1 meteorite, which has a diameter of up to 700m, will fly over the Earth tomorrow morning (June 16, Vietnam time). At the latest moment, the 2…
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China revealed about the first female astronaut
Liu Yang will become the first female astronaut in China when the spaceship launches into space tomorrow, fulfilling the mission of connecting with the space station. To…
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The battle between galaxies in the universe
According to scientists, a group of five galaxies, Stephan's Quintet, is 280 million light-years away from Earth, collided with each other and emitted light in the last…
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Mission to bring people to asteroids
The latest survey results collected by WISE telescope have identified about 4,700 asteroids capable of threatening the earth, while so far experts have only kept an eye…
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Russia and Japan want to build bases on the moon
JAXA and Roscosmos announced their ambition to build a moon base during the Global Space Exploration conference - an event that took place from May 22 to 24 in the US ca…
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Private ships preparing to connect with ISS
The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) announced Dragon, SpaceX Group's spacecraft, approaching near ISS after following the station in orbit. When Dragon comes close to the I…
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More evidence of life on Mars
Scientists have found new evidence of life on the red planet. Such evidence suggests that on Mars, organic chemistry has been taking place all the time. A group of resea…
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Dragon ships successfully assembled with ISS
Dragon's first private spacecraft was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in a historic mission that was successfully connected to the station late May 25,…
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Australia, South Africa build super telescopes
Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a joint scientific project of more than 20 countries, aims to create the world's largest radio telescope, announcing on May 25 that South A…
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International Space Station increased the orbit by 1.5km
European ATV-3 unmanned space transport ship on May 26 helped bring the International Space Station (ISS) trajectory up by 1.5km, according to RIA Novosti. The two main…
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Today, a meteorite will fly close to Earth
At first, this meteorite was symbolized as 2012 KP24, discovered on May 23. After 12 observations, its exact trajectory was determined. The calculations show that 2012 K…
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Planet X
At a distance too far to be caught in the sights of earth-glass telescopes, planet X can create gravitational forces acting on icy celestial bodies passing by Neptune, h…
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Kazakhstan prevents Russia from launching satellites
The Kazakh government prevented three launches of Russian artificial satellites at Baikonur Cosmodrome because the two countries had yet to find a common voice about the…
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The surface of Mars is still inactive
In the 1890s, when Percival Lowell first saw Mars through a telescope, he discovered some noticeable features on the planet, namely: there were many grooves intersecting…
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Vinasat-2 has entered the right trajectory of 131.8 degrees East
Information from VTI International Telecommunication Company, which is in charge of operating Vinasat-2, said that after two weeks of successful launch, Vinasat-2 satell…