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Early 19th century saw a UFO?
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Early 19th century saw a UFO?

Flying saucers appear in newspapers now no longer attract readers. Most reported seeing flying saucers turned out to be a

December 17, 2018
Increasingly cold sun?
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Increasingly cold sun?

Although the earth is getting warmer, the heat from the sun shining on Earth has decreased slightly in the last 5 years. It can be clearly seen through observing the dim…

December 17, 2018
Japan launches satellites into space
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Japan launches satellites into space

Japanese missiles carrying satellites have been successfully launched into space, this is the second time Japan has launched satellites in a month. The H-2A rocket was l…

December 17, 2018
Five stars may have extraterrestrial life
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Five stars may have extraterrestrial life

The five near stars in our Milky Way can be as lifeless as Earth and have the same civilizations as us, according to Margaret Turnbull, an American astronomer at the Car…

December 17, 2018
Fly to the Moon in just a few minutes
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Fly to the Moon in just a few minutes

In the future, humans can create spacecraft that fly so fast from Earth to the Moon in just a few minutes and take 2.5 hours to fly to planets in the solar system. A fli…

December 17, 2018
Why are people when the universe is old and fast?
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Why are people when the universe is old and fast?

Flying in space, especially flying into places where the space is too high goes beyond the space of the moon and the earth, the first problem is losing weight for a long…

December 17, 2018
Europe will rebuild the ice exploration satellite
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Europe will rebuild the ice exploration satellite

The European Space Agency has said it will rebuild the missing Cryosat ice detector satellite in the Arctic Ocean just minutes after it was launched last year. The Europ…

December 17, 2018
China: In 2008, walk into space
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China: In 2008, walk into space

China said that it would launch a manned spacecraft - Shenzhou 7 (Shenzhou-7) with a mission to walk in space in 2008. Recently, China Space Explorer. -CMFSE (China Mann…

December 17, 2018
An asteroid runs into Earth
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An asteroid runs into Earth

Astronomers have just suggested that an asteroid might collide with Earth in 2102. However, this risk may be reduced when further studies are conducted. Yeomans said the…

December 17, 2018
Discover an unusual new explosion in the universe
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Discover an unusual new explosion in the universe

Astronomers from the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA), thanks to the Swift satellite, have discovered an unusual new explosion in the star-forming galaxy, 440 million light-…

December 17, 2018
NASA launches the spacecraft 'Messenger
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NASA launches the spacecraft 'Messenger

Launched from Mui Canaveral, in the state of Florida (USA), this messenger is expected to fly for 6 1/2 years to Mercury in March 2011 after the journey of more than 8 b…

December 17, 2018
NASA finds volunteers
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NASA finds volunteers

The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) has said it will mobilize a volunteer army to search for stellar dust

December 17, 2018
Received the first signal of Galileo satellite
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Received the first signal of Galileo satellite

The British-built Giove-A satellite was launched on October 28 from Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan. This is the first satellite of the Galileo satellite system to…

December 17, 2018