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The south pole of Hai King is the warmest
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The south pole of Hai King is the warmest

A group of international astronomers who just discovered the south pole of Neptune is much warmer than other places on the planet. This finding is based on data from ext…

December 17, 2018
Mission Don Quijote deflects meteors
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Mission Don Quijote deflects meteors

To protect the planet from the risk of meteorite collisions, the European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to carry out a mission called Don Quijote to test its ability t…

December 17, 2018
Destructive rocks
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Destructive rocks

A recent study shows that the United States and China are the two countries most vulnerable to meteorites. In the absence of financial support, astronomers are strugglin…

December 17, 2018
China built a fourth space airport
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China built a fourth space airport

In order to promote its space programs, China is promoting the construction of the fourth space airport, after nearly 50 years since the first space airport in Gansu pro…

December 17, 2018
NASA is about to launch the Dawn probe
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NASA is about to launch the Dawn probe

On September 23, the US Air and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the Dawn probe would be launched on Thursday, September 27, to carry out an eight-year mission…

December 17, 2018
Vegetable disinfectant powder for astronauts
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Vegetable disinfectant powder for astronauts

The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has just created a bacteriostatic product to clean up fresh fruits and vegetables. This powder can kill 100 million ba…

December 17, 2018
Moon exploration robot
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Moon exploration robot

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robot Institute (USA) are studying, creating a Moon exploration and mining robot for NASA, called Scarab. They hope that the…

December 17, 2018
2037: NASA will send people to Mars
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2037: NASA will send people to Mars

NASA has the ambition to bring people to Mars from now until 2037. Director of the US Space Agency Michael Griffin has just confirmed this at a conference on space techn…

December 17, 2018
Russia is determined to prevent cosmic war
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Russia is determined to prevent cosmic war

Russian General Vladimir Popovkin has warned that the country is ready to implement the necessary countermeasures if any country brings weapons to space. Although not re…

December 17, 2018
Vietnam is about to launch VINASAT satellite
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Vietnam is about to launch VINASAT satellite

According to the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), expected March 28, 2008, Vietnam will launch VINASAT - 1 satellite with two ground control stations i…

December 17, 2018
Tomorrow Vietnam will have a full lunar eclipse
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Tomorrow Vietnam will have a full lunar eclipse

Australia and the East Asia region, this spectacular natural phenomenon will occur in the evening, when the moon begins to rise. In Vietnam, the maximum eclipse is from…

December 17, 2018
Detecting huge hollow black holes in the universe
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Detecting huge hollow black holes in the universe

Astronomers were astounded by the huge, empty black hole they had just discovered. What is remarkable in this huge black hole is that there are no visible forms like gal…

December 17, 2018
Japan - China race to the moon
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Japan - China race to the moon

Japan said scientists in Tokyo are now pursuing a major project to land on the moon. China also announced that the country is now ready to study the surface of the moon.…

December 17, 2018