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Super big project NASA: Fly to the Sun.
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Super big project NASA: Fly to the Sun.

NASA experts started an unprecedented big project about studying the Sun. They will send this planet a Solar Probe Plus, a solar device close to the solar crown and work…

December 17, 2018
Discover new supernova
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Discover new supernova

Astronomers and observers discovered the supernova's bright spot on March 16 on the Galaxy band. This supernova is spiral-shaped, the constellations are closely linked.…

December 17, 2018
Soviet satellites fell to earth
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Soviet satellites fell to earth

Soviet's first fully operational weather satellite Meteor-1, on March 26, fell back to the earth's atmosphere after more than four decades in orbit, the US Strategic Com…

December 17, 2018
Two medium asteroids flutter across the Earth
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Two medium asteroids flutter across the Earth

NASA meteorite project scientists said the two small 2012 FP35 and 2012 FS35 meteorites have flown over Earth at very close distances on the evening of March 26 (interna…

December 17, 2018
Find the oldest planet in the universe
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Find the oldest planet in the universe

In a recent survey, Dr. Johnny Setiawan and colleagues from the Max-Planck Astronomical Research Institute (Germany) discovered two planets orbiting the HIP 11952 star f…

December 17, 2018
Cassini flies close to the moon of Saturn
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Cassini flies close to the moon of Saturn

On March 28 (VN time), the Cassini probe has flown across Saturn's moon Enceladus to the lowest level ever. Scientists think there may be an ocean on this moon.

December 17, 2018
Solar eclipse can change the weather
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Solar eclipse can change the weather

Wind blows more slowly and changes direction every time an eclipse occurs, a study shows. Real eclipse happens when the moon, the sun and the earth line up with the moon…

December 17, 2018
Record super-large solar vortex
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Record super-large solar vortex

The image of a tornado 5 times the size of the Earth created by solar energy was recorded by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) camera.

December 17, 2018
European spacecraft connects itself with ISS
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European spacecraft connects itself with ISS

Early in the morning of March 29 (Vietnam time), the European Space Agency's (ESA) modern space ATV has successfully connected to the International Space Station (ISS).…

December 17, 2018