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NASA robots take pictures of Earth and Venus from Mars
The dense dust in Mars' atmosphere makes the Earth and Venus look like tiny dots in a camera photo of the Curiosity robot.
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Conquer Mars
The UAE is about to launch a spacecraft to Mars
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch a spacecraft flying around Mars next month to learn about the disappearance of the planet's atmosphere.
Space science
The super typhoon on Saturn has an unexpectedly perfect hexagon
A giant hexagonal storm appears on Saturn. Until now, scientists have not been able to explain.
Environment
Rains pour 1,000 tons of plastic into the United States each year
Every year, the equivalent of 300 million micro-bottles of rainfall falls to national parks and wilderness areas in the western United States.
Environment
Scientists find the cleanest air in the world
Scientists believe they have identified the region with the cleanest air quality in the world, free of dust particles caused by human activity.
Environment
The scientists recorded noctilucent clouds at an altitude of 80km
Clouds of blue and white light form in the middle stratum, where most of the meteors were burned down to Earth.
Environment
Climate change makes trees greener and younger
The height of forests around the world has decreased significantly, and their age has also increased significantly over the past 50 years.
Space science
Fragments of Chinese missiles fell on the African village
The largest block of space junk that has fallen on Earth's surface in nearly three decades belongs to the Chinese spacecraft launched in early May.
Space science
China's Changping 5B rocket falls to Earth uncontrollably
The remains of the Chinese-made rocket became the largest space junk to fall to Earth's surface in nearly three decades.
Space science
Discover exoplanets with yellow skies and iron rain
NASA astronomers found a planet with an unusual atmosphere, called WASP-79b, about 800 light-years from Earth.
New technology
China invented something that could replace jet engines
It is capable of operating in the Earth's atmosphere and produces thrust with the same performance as modern jet engines.
Space science
Shock: blue planet in Solar System is 'transforming'
The beautiful blue planet in the photos of NASA - Uranus - is losing its atmosphere and could be transformed into a second Mars.
Environment
The recovering ozone layer diverts global winds
The ozone layer above the Antarctic is continuing to recover and it has led to changes in the atmospheric circulation - airflow on the Earth's surface that causes wind.
Conquer Mars
When do we get to Mars?
Once thought to exist only in movies, the idea of turning a planet into a place where people can live is increasingly being discussed at scientific programs.
Discover science
How does NASA telescope search for oxygen on exoplanets?
Researchers from the University of California, Riverside have developed a new technique that will use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled to launch in 20…