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Detailing the Moon's sand dunes Saturn
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Detailing the Moon's sand dunes Saturn

Scientists from the US and European aerospace agencies (NASA and ESA) announced on January 25 details of the giant sand dunes at Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, contr…

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
On the Moon many giant craters
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On the Moon many giant craters

The probe of NASA's Space Aeronautics Agency (NASA) has just sent back to Earth the first image on the Moon's surface that shows many giant craters - reported on CNN on…

December 17, 2018
Interstellar material
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Interstellar material

NASA's interstellar zone exploration program (IBEX) has obtained the best and most complete view ever of what is outside our solar system. New measurements provide clues…

December 17, 2018
ISS moved to evade space garbage
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ISS moved to evade space garbage

On January 12, the US Space Agency (NASA) announced a piece of trash from Iridium, a US private telecommunications satellite, flying close to ISS last afternoon. The dis…

December 17, 2018
Uncover unprecedented galaxy clusters
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Uncover unprecedented galaxy clusters

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers discovered a cluster of galaxies while in its infancy. This is the most remote solar system galaxy ever observed, NASA s…

December 17, 2018
Rock from Mars falls to earth
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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
NASA's laboratory on Moon's orbit
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NASA's laboratory on Moon's orbit

NASA officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said the No. 1 Gravity Recovery Laboratory (GRAIL-A) entered the Moon's orbit at 22:01 GMT on De…

December 17, 2018
Close-up of the 'super deep hole' moon
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Close-up of the 'super deep hole' moon

In November 2011, NASA's LRO spacecraft flew through the Aristarchus wormhole of the moon. The photographs showed the diameter of the pit up to 40km and its depth of mor…

December 17, 2018
ISS station flies over the Moon
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ISS station flies over the Moon

A NASA photographer captured a very unique scene, the International Space Station flew past the Moon. The special thing is that the picture was taken entirely with a nor…

December 17, 2018