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10 years from now, people will go to Mars
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10 years from now, people will go to Mars

According to the deputy director of the Russian rocket manufacturing group Energia, the space pilot Pavlov Vinogradov, in the next decade, up to 10 years, people will fl…

December 17, 2018
Live without the sun
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Live without the sun

Scientists at the University of Chicago (USA) have calculated that life can exist on a planet for billions of years without a star providing direct warmth.

December 17, 2018
Astronauts have trouble walking in the universe
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Astronauts have trouble walking in the universe

The International Space Station (ISS) 's arm was suddenly broken while two American astronauts walked out of space yesterday, causing one to get stuck for nearly 20 minu…

December 17, 2018
Detecting strange material form
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Detecting strange material form

Scientists in Russia and Mexico have found evidence of the existence of a form of matter that humans have never known in the core of a neutron star.

December 17, 2018
UFO glowing in Brazil
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UFO glowing in Brazil

Brazilian media simultaneously reported on an unidentified object (UFO) flying on the Sao Paulo state airspace yesterday.

December 17, 2018
The first aurora in the year
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The first aurora in the year

People in Norway, Sweden and Russia have the opportunity to admire the giant blue lights in the second week of 2011.

December 17, 2018
NASA captures a star image
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NASA captures a star image

Thanks to an orbiting observatory called WISE, NASA scientists have captured shock waves caused by a star that is fleeing in the universe at speeds of up to 54,000 miles…

December 17, 2018
2011 set a record for eclipses and eclipses
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2011 set a record for eclipses and eclipses

Chinese Youth Newspaper on January 3 said that 2011 will be the world's record year for the number of occurrences of solar eclipses and lunar eclipses since the beginnin…

December 17, 2018
Vietnamese flowers fly into space
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Vietnamese flowers fly into space

Three types of Vietnamese flower seeds were sent into space by Japanese missiles. Expected, in April they will be brought back to earth.

December 17, 2018