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The mystery of the dark side of the Moon
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The mystery of the dark side of the Moon

Experts say, about 4.4 billion years ago, Earth had two moons orbiting its orbit, but one of them was sucked into the remaining moon when they collided in no time.

December 17, 2018
Detecting signs of water flowing on Mars
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Detecting signs of water flowing on Mars

Scientists say they have captured new images that show signs of water flowing on Mars and this may be the clearest evidence so far about the existence of water, a fundam…

December 17, 2018
When will the Moon fly away from Earth?
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When will the Moon fly away from Earth?

We are so familiar that the Moon is a satellite of the Earth. But is it always like this? Gennadi Raikunov, director of the Russian Aircraft Manufacturing Institute, sai…

December 17, 2018
Piece of comet helps discover Earth origin
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Piece of comet helps discover Earth origin

The London Museum of Natural Sciences has hunted a piece of Ivuna Comet from an American collector. Scientists consider it a very unique artifact because it can be the k…

December 17, 2018
Russia dominates the race in space
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Russia dominates the race in space

When the US terminates the shuttle program, Russia will fully control access to the International Space Station (ISS). It was a symbolic turning point for the long-stand…

December 17, 2018
Iron core reveals the secret of the Moon
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Iron core reveals the secret of the Moon

The moon's core is iron! This conclusion was made by René Weber, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (USA) and Raphael Garcia, University of Toulouse (France) after deal…

December 17, 2018
Russia launched 6 American satellites
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Russia launched 6 American satellites

Russia's Soyuz boosters launched six US Globalstar-2 satellites into orbit yesterday. Previously, according to the original plan, the launch was made on July 11.

December 17, 2018