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Mars and the earth come together
Space science

Mars and the earth come together

Today Mars will arrive at 112 million kilometers from the Earth, the shortest distance between the two bodies in the journey around the 26-month sun of the red planet.

December 17, 2018
Continue to bring Curiosity robots to Mars
Space science

Continue to bring Curiosity robots to Mars

To replace the two predecessors, Spirit and Opportunity robots, who have been diligently exploring the red planet for years, NASA has continued to send Curiosity robots…

December 17, 2018
Detecting 'ghost dust' on red planet
Space science

Detecting 'ghost dust' on red planet

NASA's Mars spy satellite captured high-quality images of 'ghost dust' that appeared along the surface of Mars. The phenomenon of 'ghost dust' also appeared on Earth, ma…

December 17, 2018
Earthquake on Mars
Space science

Earthquake on Mars

Photographs by the spacecraft Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show many rocks falling from a cliff on the surface of Mars and leaving deep trenches on the dust. The stones h…

December 17, 2018
Mars used to have an ocean
Space science

Mars used to have an ocean

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Discovery program has just proven to have had an ocean that covered part of Mars. The program to use the radar and seabed sediment…

December 17, 2018
The cause of the accident for the Station
Space science

The cause of the accident for the Station

On January 31, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced the impact of cosmic radioactivity as the cause of the automatic interplanetary Station.

December 17, 2018
NASA plans to bring settlers on Mars
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NASA plans to bring settlers on Mars

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) is considering ambitious plans to bring people back and forth to Mars, moving forward to bring people to settle permanently on other plane…

December 17, 2018
Rock from Mars falls to earth
Space science

Rock from Mars falls to earth

A meteorite plunged into North Africa in July last year and scientists confirmed yesterday that the stone was once part of Mars.

December 17, 2018