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Earth welcomes the new year in the solar storm
Astronomers are hoping for a cloudy sky over the next three days, because a powerful solar storm will shoot particles towards Earth and create a spectacular aurora.
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NASA discovers 'demon eyes' looking at the earth
The images taken from Nasa's telescopes found a fierce eye on the universe looking down at the earth.
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China dreams of flying to the moon
Efforts to build a rocket for human flight to the moon will be made by Chinese scientists in the next five years.
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Moonlight: Why is the moon red and big unusually?
The last eclipse of 2011 took place yesterday, with the unusually large and red moon - pleasing millions of observers.
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Russia launched two communication satellites into Earth's orbit
Space agency Roscosmos said Russia on December 11 launched two contact satellites with Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
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Survive extraterrestrial life?
Today, astronomers have shown us that the earth is just one of the vast number of planets that can have life. Biologists have revealed to us how life on earth originated.
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The supermassive black hole is about to swallow 3 clouds of Earth
Scientists hope to see super black holes in our galaxy soon
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Russian rocket launcher Soyuz carries 6 satellites
A Russian Soyuz rocket on December 16 left the launch pad at the European space base in French Guiana, carrying six low orbit satellites for the military and defense ind…
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Discover the first two large planets equal to the earth outside the solar system
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope discovered the first two large Earth-like planets, orbiting a star like the sun outside the solar system. This is an important milestone in…
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Mars is suitable for life
A comprehensive survey of the Australian National University shows that the space suitable for life on Mars is even greater than Earth.
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The moon is getting smaller
The global process is compressed into the Earth's natural satellite, which has just been published in the Science journal Science.
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The Kepler spacecraft finds a new 'super-earth'
After monitoring and observing 100,000 different stars, NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered a new planet with a radius of about 1.6 times that of the Earth and…
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Found missing Russian spacecraft
Russia is still powerless in locating the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft, but an amateur astronomer happens to discover this black ship.
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Russian spaceships can fall to the ground
A source from the Russian space industry said there was little chance of saving the unmanned Russian spacecraft Phobos-Grunt launched on Mars.
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ESA stops searching for Phobos-Grunt
The European Aeronautics Agency (ESA) has decided to stop contacting Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft.