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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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8 planets are not true to haunt the scientific world
The existence of the planets below has more or less influenced the traditional view of astronomers.
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Detecting asteroids in the solar system's
After a decade of searching, astronomers have discovered the second dwarf planet with orbit far above Pluto, but has yet to explain why the planet is there.
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The Soyuz spacecraft brought three astronauts back to Earth
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft (Russia) brought three astronauts who had returned to Earth - safely landed in the prairies of southern Kazakhstan at 8:17 am GMT on July 1,…
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Interior view of private Dragon spacecraft
André Kuipers, a physicist and astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), posted a bunch of photos of Dragon on Flickr page with the caption:
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The mysterious planet in the solar system
Kuiper belt is made up of ice objects and lies just outside the orbit of Neptune. Rodney Gomes, an astronomer from the Brazilian National Observatory, said that with mod…
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The telescope was resumed by lightning
The Mauna Kea telescope was struck by lightning two months ago after it was repaired.
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Comets shed light on the early days of the solar system
A new picture of comet composition, with the help of 21st century technology, was present at Diamon, Britain's national Crotron light source, in Oxfordshire.
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Discover 2 new moons belonging to Pluto
Using the Hubble Space Telescope to observe the solar system's edge, astronomers discovered two more small moons flying around the orbit of Pluto, bringing the planet's…
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Video: New Horizons is coming to the farthest point of human exploration
New Horizons is flying at more than 51,000 km / h to asteroid 2014 MU69, which is expected to reach this object on January 1, 2019.
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Vietnamese women have them named for meteors
Professor Luu Le Hang not only marked with noble awards but her surname was also named for a meteorite. This petite woman is pursuing a tireless journey to discover the…