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Omega Centauri: Globes of the southern sky.
Omega Centauri is one of the most beautiful pearls in the southern hemisphere sky, perfectly illustrated in the latest ESO photo.
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Russian cargo spaceship resting in the ocean
Russia's unmanned space shuttle Progress M-65 has just finished its mission in the Pacific, after leaving the ISS International Space Station on September 17.
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Iran will take animals to space
Tehran is planning to launch space exploration spacecraft with a number of animals living inside, to make way for their manned space flights in the future.
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Finding CO2 on a planet outside the solar system
The Hubble Space Telescope has just discovered CO2 and CO in the atmosphere of a distant planet.
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The two dimest lights in the universe
The object that holds the record for the darkest star-like object in the universe is a twin star
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The endless dance between the Milky Way
Like ballet dancers dancing around an invisible leader, dozens of stars in the Milky Way are revolving around a supermassive black hole.
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The moon looks from the largest earth in 15 years
The image of the moon last night in many parts of the world has the largest size in the last 15 years, because the position between the moon and the earth is nearly 30,0…
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Meteorite bombs make life appear on Earth
It was the meteor bomb that the Earth had suffered before that was the cause of life on our planet.
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Waves are the main source of heat on Europa
One of the moons in the solar system that scientists think has the potential to contain life can have more complex oceans than previously thought.
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Ocean discovered on two Saturn satellites
Images sent by Cassini's probe show evidence of ocean and ice volcanic existence on Saturn's Enceladus and Titan satellites.
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Storms are the origin of planet formation
New research shows that volatility plays an important role in creating the right conditions for planet formation.
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Perforated hole on the Earth's shield
Themis satellite of NASA has discovered two major holes in the Earth's magnetic field.
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NASA will donate retirement ships
US space agency NASA has announced plans to donate museums of expired space shuttle in 2010.
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More evidence of water on Mars
US scientists have discovered many large carbonate mineral salts in the rock seams on Mars. This proves that the red planet once had a lot of water.
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Aircraft carrying a shuttle
Space shuttle Endeavor is mounted on a dedicated Boeing 747 transport aircraft ...