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Americans go to space ...
Space science

Americans go to space ...

Deep Space Industries is the second US company to announce plans to develop resource exploitation in space asteroids.

December 17, 2018
Uninvited guests in the sky
Space science

Uninvited guests in the sky

Space scientists will increase their research efforts to cope with the risk that may arise when two relatively large asteroids will have flight paths.

December 17, 2018
New discoveries about the Female Star
Space science

New discoveries about the Female Star

Fertility, shining brightly in the northern night sky, possessing the asteroid belt like our sun, the sign of the possibility of undiscovered planets orbiting other star…

December 17, 2018
Watch the first meteor shower of the year
Space science

Watch the first meteor shower of the year

Quadrantids, one of the three most beautiful meteor showers of the year, will reach its peak on Friday morning with about 40 meteor streaks every hour.

December 17, 2018
No planet collided with Earth in 2040
Space science

No planet collided with Earth in 2040

One day after the apocalyptic rumor, the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) gave the good news, that concerns about asteroids colliding with the earth will not happen.

December 17, 2018
Using a paint gun to repel
Space science

Using a paint gun to repel

In the proposed ways to repel an asteroid capable of destroying the Earth, using paint guns is probably the most recommended listening list.

December 17, 2018
Close-up of asteroids near Earth
Space science

Close-up of asteroids near Earth

Scientists used NASA's giant radio telescope to capture the radar image of a 1.6-kilometer-wide asteroid hovering near the Earth.

December 17, 2018
Discover the mystery of Jovian Trojan
Space science

Discover the mystery of Jovian Trojan

American scientists have found a new clue to the mystery of the Jovian Trojan, a group of asteroids orbiting the Sun in orbit like Jupiter.

December 17, 2018
Asteroid naming test for global students
Space science

Asteroid naming test for global students

NASA recently opened a competition for students around the world to name an asteroid that NASA is about to fly in 2016. The competition lasts from September 2 to Decembe…

December 17, 2018
Dawn's new mission mission
Space science

Dawn's new mission mission

The US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) said the probe Dawn was ready for the second mission, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit and study the dwarf planet Ceres…

December 17, 2018