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City on the Moon
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City on the Moon

Last week, the US space agency (NASA) announced it had chosen a center of the southernmost basin of the Moon to be the first permanent settlement for people in a place f…

December 17, 2018
NASA claims water exists on Mars
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NASA claims water exists on Mars

Scientists at the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) said yesterday they had accurate evidence to prove that water exists on the Red Planet.

December 17, 2018
Saturn's Titan moon has electromagnetic activity
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Saturn's Titan moon has electromagnetic activity

Physicists at Granada University and Valencia University have recently discovered a specific data analysis process sent from Huygen probe at Titan - Saturn's largest moo…

December 17, 2018
Observe the disk of light around the black hole
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Observe the disk of light around the black hole

For the first time, an international research team found a way to observe gradual accretion disks around the black hole and verify that their electromagnetic spectrum ma…

December 17, 2018
Astronomy proves dark energy
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Astronomy proves dark energy

Dark energy accounts for 70% of the mass of the universe - and is completely invisible. Even so, scientists have proved it: thanks to what remains from the moment right…

December 17, 2018
The first stars were cruel but destitute
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The first stars were cruel but destitute

The first stars that appear in the universe are likened to the most cruel but destitute monsters. They have forever changed the nature of the universe, dispelling a blac…

December 17, 2018
Detecting cosmic ghosts in the night sky
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Detecting cosmic ghosts in the night sky

When Yale University astronomer Kevin Schawinski and Oxford University associates won public support for enrolling galaxies, they never envisioned the strange object Han…

December 17, 2018
Silent explosion happens in the universe
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Silent explosion happens in the universe

A group of European astronomers provided information that recent supernovae are not as normal as we thought. Instead, the star is said to have exploded and fell into a b…

December 17, 2018
The universe has many planets like Earth
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The universe has many planets like Earth

A recent study by American astronomers demonstrated that Earth-like planets - meaning not too hot and too cold for life to develop - are quite common in the universe.

December 17, 2018
Is there life on Jupiter's moon Europa?
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Is there life on Jupiter's moon Europa?

With a negative average temperature of 260 degrees Fahrenheit, the atmosphere is almost non-existent, with a complex network of cracks in the ice that completely covers…

December 17, 2018
100,000 times around Earth's orbit
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100,000 times around Earth's orbit

As of 7:42 pm on 10-8 hours EDT (ie 18: 42 minutes on the same day in Hanoi), the Hubble telescope has traveled around 100,000 times.

December 17, 2018
August 17 morning will have a partial eclipse
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August 17 morning will have a partial eclipse

Following the solar eclipse and meteor shower Perseids, on the morning of August 17, another special astronomical event will take place: partial eclipse.

December 17, 2018
The Earth will not be destroyed
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The Earth will not be destroyed

Will the black hole swallow the earth? Forget it and continue to pay your mortgage, of course if you have land to pay taxes.

December 17, 2018