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Mercury once collided with large asteroids?
Mercury once collided with a large asteroid, which caused the planet to slow down, while also causing it to change its direction in the opposite direction to the Sun.
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Thousands of asteroids are threatening the Earth
According to a NASA survey, about 1,000 asteroids flying near Earth could cause catastrophic damage if a collision occurs.
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Asteroids have 'flattened' over Earth
The asteroid is about the size of four football fields that broke into the moon's orbit and flew to the earth at 6'28 minutes this morning (VN time).
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Earth is about to lose the Moon?
Does the YU55 Asteroid 2005 asteroid, which is about the size of four football fields, can plunge into the moon and destroy the
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The tragic fate of Earth's
We can all breathe a sigh of relief: comet killer Elenin has swept close to the Earth but does not cause earthquakes or tsunamis as some predictions.
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The cause of the Scheila meteorite explosion
On December 12, 2010, astronomers made a notable discovery: an asteroid named Scheila changed its shape and appeared a trail of light behind it, which looked like regula…
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Will the Earth not be threatened by the coming decades?
The US Air Force Agency (NASA) said on September 29 that the number of large asteroids passing near the Earth, especially medium sized asteroids, could destroy an entire…
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Little planet with huge mountains
American astronomers believe that the planet 'Vesta has the second highest mountain in the solar system, higher than anything on Earth, according to UPI news agency.
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Global cooperation meeting to study space
Senior executives representing 10 space agencies from around the world met in Kyoto, Japan to discuss the issue of promoting global coordination to make space exploratio…
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The plan deflects asteroids that threaten the Earth
The method of deflecting asteroids has always been of interest to scientists to protect it in time before the Earth receives a destructive collision.
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NASA explores the abandoned planet Vesta
It seems that there is no existence in space, but Vesta's first images are clearly visible in front of us.
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See the Trojan asteroid and Earth orbit
The Earth is not alone in its orbit around the Sun but also has a Trojan asteroid located in front of our planet.
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Conquer asteroids to save humanity
NASA is making efforts to send astronauts to asteroids in 15 years. This is an almost impossible task.
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Planetary mystery Vesta
The first images of the asteroid vesta sent from the space probe Dawn were announced by the US Aviation Agency (NASA) on August 1.
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The NASA spacecraft first explored asteroids
On July 16, NASA's Dawn (Dawn) spacecraft arrived in Vesta, a 330-mile (531km) asteroid with an gravity equal to 0.022 times that of Earth's gravity.