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Images of two asteroids Ceres and Vesta sent by Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope has sent images of Ceres dwarf planets and Vesta asteroids, the two largest bodies in the asteroid belt, the area between Mars and Jupiter.
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NASA studies spacecraft with an asteroid explorer
NASA is working on a copy of the Moon probe Orion capable of carrying astronauts and flying up an asteroid near Earth. Ares I missiles will launch this probe.
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China names many asteroids
Many recently discovered asteroids bring names from China such as Nanjing, Hong Kong, Shenzhou, Yang Loi Wei ... 60 localities in China have names for asteroids.
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USA: High school students discover 3 new asteroids
In the US, a group of 6 high school students have discovered 3 new asteroids. Their achievements have been officially recognized by Harvard University.
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China: naming astronauts for new asteroids
The astronomical agency under the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that they will name two astronauts Phi Tuan Long and Nguoi Hai Thang for two new asteroids in hon…
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Apophis asteroid will not hit the Earth
Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences Boris Choustov has confirmed that the probability of collisions between asteroids Apophis and Earth on Friday 13 April 2029 i…
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Asteroids rain on the Moon
Everyone who has observed the moon through a telescope has no doubt: many craters on the surface of the moon have shown the bombardment of asteroids with intense intensi…
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NASA resumed the task of exploring asteroids
The US aerospace agency (NASA) has decided to resume the exploration mission of two of the solar system's largest asteroids. A few weeks ago, NASA decided to remove this…
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Spacecraft - solution against collisions with asteroids
A large asteroid like a stadium is rushing towards Earth. The collision can erase an area of 4,000km2. What do people on Earth need to do to avoid this disaster? The o…
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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…
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Protect Earth against collision with asteroids
Now researchers are closely monitoring the movement of an asteroid (THT) with a diameter of 390 meters, which was discovered last year. It is now very concerned because…
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An explosive asteroid affected the Earth's climate during the Miocene period
A group of American scientists found the undersea of the explosion of a large asteroid with debris drifting to Earth could make our planet's climate cooler 8.3 million…
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Japanese spacecraft cannot land on asteroids
The Japan Space Agency has announced that its exploration ship failed to land Itokawa's asteroid on November 20. The reason is that problems occur at a height a few mete…
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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,…
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America plans to block apocalyptic risk
US officials have drawn an emergency plan to prevent apocalyptic risk caused by asteroids.