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A collision can start life on Earth
According to geochemists, the element that originated on life on Earth is carbon, which could be brought from a collision with another planet 4.4 billion years ago.
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Stars change color when swallowing the planet
The stars may turn pink when swallowing an iron-rich planet, similar to the pink-feathered crane birds that eat a lot of shrimp.
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Dwarf galaxies contain all of gold, silver and platinum
The new discovery, published in the March 31 issue of the journal Nature, points to billions of years ago of precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum in the unive…
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Index system to search for life outside the Earth
Astronomers have developed an index system of elements of a planet, helping to assess and classify the potential of life there.
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Extraterrestrial minerals: Delicious but difficult to eat
Human ambition in exploiting the universe is unlimited.
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Dark matter - the mysterious element that constitutes the universe
We only know a very small part of the material that constitutes the universe. A very large part is called with the name
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Why does life appear on Earth instead of Venus?
Canadian scientists found a cause coming from outer space to help life grow and maintain on Earth, instead of the nearest planets, Venus.
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How to decipher the Earth through Pluto?
The elements that make up the Earth like water, the atmosphere can be answered by understanding Pluto, when the New Horizons spacecraft approaches this dwarf planet.
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The Solar System's water was born before the Sun.
A part of the water found in Earth's oceans, water in meteorites and water that freezes in the craters on the moon have been formed before the Solar System.
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Spot the first star of the universe
For the first time, astronomers found traces of one of the earliest stars in the universe.
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Flo in toothpaste derived from stars
Fluorine in toothpaste products can be formed billions of years ago from dead stars.
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NASA revealed the mysteries in the sun
Scientists have predicted that the sun has a particle-like structure (matter particle). Each particle of this matter can be 16 times larger than the Earth.
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Supernova implants a seed for the universe
Elements of the universe, including iron, play a vital role in life, formed from the first phase of the universe and spread throughout the world.
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Discover the most 'cramped' galaxy
Using the Hubble and Chandra X-ray telescopes, American astronomers have discovered a crowded and cramped galaxy with a 'population' density far beyond our Milky Way gal…
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Are we all Mars?
A recent scientific study suggested that life may have originated on Mars, then followed the meteorite strata leaving Mars that came to Earth.