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Lichen survives in space
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Lichen survives in space

According to the recent space experiment of the European Aviation Bureau, lichens can grow in open space environments. Experiments for lichens are completed in the module

December 17, 2018
Asteroids '' ride 'asteroids for 30 minutes
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Asteroids '' ride 'asteroids for 30 minutes

On November 23, the Japanese Space Agency (Jaxa) announced their Hayabusa spacecraft successfully landed on Itokawa asteroid 300 million kilometers from Earth. However,…

December 17, 2018
Robot Spirit: First birthday on Mars
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Robot Spirit: First birthday on Mars

When Spirit landed at Gusev's crater, we felt like the final destination - the Columbia Hills hill range was too far away and too far away to make its discoveries.

December 17, 2018
Calculate the age for the moon
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Calculate the age for the moon

British and German scientists claimed to have found the exact age of Ms. Hang. To date, the beautiful people have 4,527 billion years old. This number is arguably the mo…

December 17, 2018
Earth map and planets
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Earth map and planets

If you are a fan of astronomy, then identifying locations, names, and information about planets in the universe is not easy. With Home Planet, you can easily know all th…

December 17, 2018
Saturn: Belt F is within a devil's spiral
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Saturn: Belt F is within a devil's spiral

The F belt is made up of a glowing center curve (called the center) and from many concentric circles, called small fibers. At first people thought these fibers were sepa…

December 17, 2018
NASA started the plan to protect the Earth
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NASA started the plan to protect the Earth

According to calculations by the US National Aviation Administration (NASA), in 2029 asteroid Apophis will glide over the Earth and will hit Earth in 2036. The impact of…

December 17, 2018
There is a small solar system!
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There is a small solar system!

Astronomers have discovered what they believe is about to be the birth of the smallest solar system: from astronomical observations from the ground as well as from space…

December 17, 2018
Discover ice mines on Mars
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Discover ice mines on Mars

Radar antennas on Europe's Mars Express spacecraft have detected signs of liquid water at a depth of 2 km below the surface of Mars. Marsis antenna was successfully depl…

December 17, 2018
Obstacles on the road to conquer the red planet
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Obstacles on the road to conquer the red planet

Will people set foot on Mars in 2020, 2050 or never? Predicting the timing is getting harder and harder. Strong radiation, bone loss in weightless environments, deadly d…

December 17, 2018
The largest space mirror in the world
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The largest space mirror in the world

A giant 3.5 meter mirror was designed in Toulouse in France. The mirror mounted in front of the Hershel telescope will be launched into space in 2007.

December 17, 2018