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Iran launches the satellite as tensions are rising
AFP quoted Iranian official news agency IRNA said that the February 3 country had successfully launched a satellite observing Earth's orbit on February 3, and this is Ir…
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100 billion planets in the Milky Way
Our Milky Way Range has at least 100 billion planets according to a detailed statistical study based on the discovery of three extrasolar planets thanks to microlensing.
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Pink nebula Omega
The new image of the Omega Nebula captured by the Southern Observatory (ESO) VLT telescope is one of the clearest shots taken from the ground. Pink dust in the center of…
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Satellite Rosat rushes into the earth's atmosphere
The big truck-sized satellite has plunged into the atmosphere and its debris might hit the earth today, the German space agency announced.
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US launches satellite tracking climate change
The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) will launch an artificial satellite to test the weather forecasting technology and monitor climate change on Earth.
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Accurate fall point of German satellites
After many predictions about whether the German satellite could fall in Southeast Asia or deep in the Chinese plateau, scientists finally located the grounding position…
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NASA 'twin ship' celebrates its 5th birthday
NASA's Stereo twin spacecraft celebrated its fifth birthday on October 25, marking five years of studying the sun and its strong magnetic storms from its unique parallel…
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NASA is about to launch a new generation earth observation satellite
The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) is planning to launch an earth observation satellite to assess climate change and weather events.
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Estimated Rosat satellite plunges down to the weekend
Germany's ROSAT satellite is expected to plunge to Earth this weekend (October 22-23, 2011). However, the exact location and exact time cannot be determined. Besides,
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Europe launched a satellite to spy on the Sun
A bold idea of the European Space Agency (ESA) will become a reality in 2017, when the agency appoints
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The world's largest telescope is ready to operate
The world's largest radio telescope network is ready to operate phase 1 in the Atacama desert in northern Chile.
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Nigeria successfully launched two observation satellites
After a period of technical delay, on August 17, Nigeria successfully launched two observation satellites, NigieriaSat2 and NigieriaSat-X, from a launch site in Russia.
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Meteor shower is about to appear
In this August, the most remarkable astronomical phenomenon is the Perseids meteor shower - one of the biggest meteor showers of the year with a peak that will take plac…
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Vietnam is hard to observe the largest meteor shower of the year
The dawn of the 13th and 14th is the peak of Perseids, the largest meteor shower of the year, but the weather in Vietnam is not favorable to observe this amazing phenome…
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Found a source of rain on Saturn
Observations of the European Herchel Space Observatory show that it was water fired from Enceladus satellite that created circles of water clouds around Saturn.