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NASA announces the sharpest image of Pluto's surface
New Horizons probes have just sent back to Earth a super-sharp image of the dwarf planet's surface and NASA immediately announced it to everyone.
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The biggest black hole collision is 9 billion light-years away
Thanks to gravitational wave data, experts discovered a special event that created a supermassive black hole dozens of times more massive than the Sun.
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NASA spacecraft approached the meteorite that could collide with the Earth
On December 3, the Osiris-Rex probe was only 19 km away from the Bennu meteorite and could even get closer in the coming days, before entering orbit around meteorite on…
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History and meaning of Earth Day
Earth Day (April 22), born more than 40 years ago with special meaning, is a day used to inspire awareness and appreciation of the natural environment of the Earth.
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June 22: Galileo Galilei is imprisoned, forced to
Galileo gave Copernicus the heliocentric theory and insisted on defending his discovery in the opposition of the Church at the time.
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June 30: The first second in history is added and the endless race begins
Because the speed of the Earth's rotation is slowing down due to the gravitational influence of the Moon, we have to add a second to the atomic clocks to avoid time bein…
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July 20: Celebrating 47 years of the first time people set foot on the Moon
On July 20 of 47 years ago, the mission crew of Apollo 11 set foot on the Moon, officially marking the first time humans conquered another object outside of Earth.
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On April 13, 1970, Apollo 13 exploded in space
The United States during the Cold War affirmed its power to the socialist faction, after two successful trips to the Moon and explorers (Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 spacecra…
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April 25, 1990: The Hubble Space Telescope goes live
On April 25, 1990, the $ 2.5 billion Hubble space telescope went into operation after being launched from the Discovery spacecraft and into orbit Earth's 600km. This is…
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May 13: Celebrating 128 years of birth, the person who finds Earth's core
Inge Lehmann (May 13, 1888 - February 21, 1993) is a famous Danish seismologist. She is the one who has the ability to detect Earth's Inner Core.
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May 14: America's first space station is launched into space
Skylab is the first US space station, developed by NASA aviation agency.
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March 30: Finding the famous Halley comet
Comet Halley, officially named 1P / Halley, a comet named after British astrophysicist Edmund Halley, is a comet that can be seen every 75 to 76 years. It is the most fa…
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December 7, 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the last mission to bring people to the Moon
Apollo program closed with remarkable achievements in the development history of space science.
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November 10, 1970 - Soviet Lunokhod-1 self-propelled vehicle is launched into space
On November 10, 1970, the Soviet Luna 17 spacecraft brought Lunokhod-1 self-propelled vehicle to the surface of the Moon.
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November 17, 1967 - The first object takes off from a place outside of Earth
After 10 days of a lunar survey, on November 17, the rocket engine on Surveyor-6 was active for 2.5 seconds, the spacecraft flew to an altitude of nearly 4 meters, then…