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Flying to the Moon, Apollo 11 has been in trouble
Nearly 37 years ago, on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 successfully delivered 3 American astronauts to the moon. Few people know that this flight was not sailing smoothly duri…
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The street changes the international day
The Earth turns from West to East, morning, noon, afternoon, and evening appear in the world in a recurring manner. So where should a new day on Earth start and end? To…
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Celebrating the total solar eclipse 29/3
Many crowds from West Africa to Central Asia clapped, danced, praised God or raised binoculars, staring up at the sky as a total eclipse of the shadow fell on a vast exp…
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Russia launched TMA 8 into space
Today (March 30), a Russian rocket launcher successfully launched the TMA 8 spacecraft into space, bringing the first Brazilian astronaut and two Russian-American astron…
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NASA announces the latest map of Jupiter
The US Space Agency (NASA) has released the most detailed color map of Jupiter captured by Cassini when it begins to approach this star on December 11 and 12, 2000.
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The first Brazilian to fly into space
Lieutenant Colonel Marcos Pontes became the first Brazilian to fly into space after successfully launching Russian Soyuz from Baykonur. You will spend nine days on the I…
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International Station changes crew
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying the first Brazilian astronaut and two new members of the International Station (ISS) entered the universe on Saturday, two days after…
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There is a solution for neutrinos
Physicists confirm that neutrinos - the type of subatomic particles that are considered to play a fundamental role in the creation of the universe - have mass. This is t…
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There is steam and ozone on the Martian atmosphere
For the first time, European scientists discovered steam and ozone, and drew their distribution maps in the atmosphere of Mars, the Red Planet.
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Sizing of the 10th 'planet'
Experts from the University of Bonn (Germany) have confirmed UB313 - celestial body can be the 10th planet in the solar system - bigger than Pluto. However, this finding…
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Message from the universe
The crew on the International Space Station (ISS) released a mannequin made of a traveling outfit, which stuffed old pants and a radio transmitter into space. Their idea…
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Comet surface Tempel 1 contains ice
It was confirmed by the US Space Agency (NASA) after analyzing data collected from the Deep Impact probe. On July 4 last year, the ship crashed into comet Tempel 1, abou…
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Postpone the program to search for planets
NASA has postponed two programs looking for planets that support life. Instead, the agency focuses on making new-generation spacecraft to return to the Moon in the next…
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Detecting two major solar systems
Astronomers said yesterday they have just obtained evidence of two very large solar systems - giant stars surrounded by large disks of dust in forming planets. These clo…
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The worm survived the Columbia ship disaster
Space shuttle Columbia shattered while going back into the atmosphere on February 1, 2003. All crew are dying. The ship's fragments spread across a wide range of states.…