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A mysterious missing American spacecraft
Experts of the US Aerospace Agency were confused after a ship suddenly stopped contacting the control center.
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Peeling the 'mask' of comet Don Quixote
A large celestial object close to Earth for more than 30 years is mistaken for an asteroid but in fact it is a false comet.
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The comet of the century will not light
Astronomers are planning to observe the ISON comet, dubbed the century comet, when approaching the Sun. However, astronomers say the comet of the century will not shine…
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The comet 'graveyard' was discovered
Colombian astronomers say they have found a place to bury the bodies of comets, and from here some comets can be revived after millions of years of motionlessness.
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Watch the biggest meteor shower of the year
On the night of August 12-13, astronomers will have the opportunity to admire the largest meteor shower in the year with a density of 60-100 streaks per hour.
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Comet 'century' approaches the Earth
ISON, the giant comet that has been dubbed the comet of the century by scientists, will
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Find the source of the centaurs
The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) said its spacecraft had deciphered the long-standing mystery about small celestial bodies orbiting the sun, between Jupiter an…
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Spectacular new image of the comet of the century
To create the latest image of ISON, dubbed the century comet, researchers have assembled five different images transmitted from the Hubble telescope.
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The solar system has a tail like a comet
The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) said one of its spacecraft had long suspected that the solar system had a tail like a comet.
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Comet Lovejoy set great merits
Comet Lovejoy has committed suicide into the sun but ended up surviving, at the same time uncovering the unprecedented landscape to help the Earth expert observe the sun…
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Mars has been 'attacked' more than 200 times in a year
It is estimated that each year the Red Planet suffers more than 200 events
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Found evidence in the Tunguska case?
A Russian scientist has claimed to have found the first meteorite in a mysterious explosion in Siberia in 1908. The Tunguska event in June 1908 was one of the mysterious…
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Comet detection is the brightest century
Hubble took the first close-up picture of ISON, the name of the comet, on the evening of April 10 - when comet was about 630 million kilometers from Earth, National Geog…
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Comet: Assassin kills the dinosaurs
American scientists announced the study of space rocks that collided with Earth 65 million years ago, causing the extinction of dinosaurs as a comet, rather than an aste…
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Comet tour in Germany
Eclipse Travel - a travel company in the city of Bonn, Germany - and two Air Partner and Air Berlin airlines will hold a special flight on March 16.