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NASA is about to launch the smallest asteroid research ship
The NEA Scout spacecraft with solar sail technology will 'visit' the small asteroid with a bus, less than 18m in diameter.
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Spot 5 planets as easy to live as Earth
Space magazine lists a number of planets that could be the most perfect copies of Earth out of more than 4,000 confirmed exoplanets.
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Decipher the mysteries of the space rock of the past 50 years
Scientists believe that the interior of the Moon cooled fairly quickly and evenly after it formed about 4.5 billion years ago.
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Plan to launch spaceship chasing asteroid
Experts plan to launch a ship using solar sail technology as early as 2028 to fly to study the asteroid 'Oumuamua.
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China will launch its first liquid-fueled rocket in 2022
A private company in China will launch the country's first liquid-fueled rocket this year.
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To another planet, human blood will 'discolor'?
A major obstacle to interplanetary exploration and even settlement has just been discovered by Canadian scientists.
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Elsewhere in the Solar System there used to be 'armor of life' like Earth
Space rock samples brought back to Earth by NASA half a century ago reveal more surprises about the past of the object thought to be twice inhabited - the Moon.
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Scientists find out when the Sun exploded, swallowing Mercury and Venus
The sun is not so old as the other stars out there. However, scientists are trying to determine exactly when the Sun will explode.
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For the first time discovered an oval-shaped planet
Although planets slightly distorted by the gravity of their parent star have been recorded, this is the first time a planet shaped like a perfect rugby ball has been rec…
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Experts warn of risks from plans to change solar radiation
Experts argue that while injecting billions of sulfur particles into the atmosphere's stratosphere helps to reflect most of the sun's rays, the consequences could outwei…
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First Chinese woman to live in space for 100 days
During the record-long mission on the Tiangong space station, female astronaut Wang Yaping and her colleagues achieved many outstanding achievements.
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The first moon of 2022 is the 'wolf moon'
The first full moon of 2022 rises on the evening of January 17. According to NASA,
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'Dead angle' causes asteroid to come very close to Earth without being detected
NASA's recent grim warning shows that Earth is facing potential dangers when asteroids
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Rare discovery of a giant moon 2.6 times larger than Earth
Astronomers have discovered a moon completely different from any object in our Solar System.
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An asteroid as large as a house flies by 350,000km . from Earth
Astronomers photographed asteroids as large as a house with a diameter of about 4.2 - 9.5 m passed the Earth.