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There will be solar storms on Valentine's Day
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There will be solar storms on Valentine's Day

Although the severity of this storm has not been elucidated, some scientists speculate that these two black spots can cause moderate-scale storms, radio interference and…

December 17, 2018
Europe successfully launched Vega boosters
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Europe successfully launched Vega boosters

The 30-meter Vega missile can carry goods weighing about 2.5 tons or less, worth about 776 million euros, of which Italy contributes about 60% of the total value of miss…

December 17, 2018
Swiss satellite cleanup
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Swiss satellite cleanup

According to the Associated Press, Swiss scientists plan to launch a specially designed

December 17, 2018
Constellations 13 billion years old
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Constellations 13 billion years old

Our Milky Way series is surrounded by nearly 200 dense constellations, each with about one million stars on average. At the age of 13 billion years, these spherical cons…

December 17, 2018
Black holes escape the destruction of the galaxy
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Black holes escape the destruction of the galaxy

Like the case of fossil vision that guessed an extinct creature, a black hole could provide information about its galaxy that had been previously destroyed. The Hubble S…

December 17, 2018
The ISS Progress spacecraft
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The ISS Progress spacecraft

Russia's Progress M-13M has left the International Space Station (ISS) to end its mission in the Pacific, according to RIA Novosti.

December 17, 2018
Detailing the Moon's sand dunes Saturn
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Detailing the Moon's sand dunes Saturn

Scientists from the US and European aerospace agencies (NASA and ESA) announced on January 25 details of the giant sand dunes at Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, contr…

December 17, 2018
Discovering scorpions living on Venus?
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Discovering scorpions living on Venus?

A Russian scientist claimed to have found life on Venus, a finding that if accurate, would upset the entire previous human understanding of the solar system.

December 17, 2018