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Meteor shower peaks tonight
Space science

Meteor shower peaks tonight

Taurid meteor showers appear from late October to mid November. It is listed as a weak meteor shower due to low-frequency meteorites - an average of 7 tracks per hour. T…

December 17, 2018
NASA 'twin ship' celebrates its 5th birthday
Space science

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…

December 17, 2018
New Earth Map
Space science

New Earth Map

The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) said on October 17 that it has published the most complete digital Earth topographic map, created in collaboration with Japane…

December 17, 2018
Can the German satellite fall to Vietnam?
Space science

Can the German satellite fall to Vietnam?

Germany's vacant ROSAT satellite will fall to Earth from October 21-24. A very large area on Earth, not excluding Vietnam, may have to catch a fragment of this satellite.

December 17, 2018
Russia's Glonass system has global coverage
Space science

Russia's Glonass system has global coverage

According to THX, on October 7, the head of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), Mr. Vladimir Popovkin said that Russia has completed the deployment of Global Positioni…

December 17, 2018
NASA 'moon' twins
Space science

NASA 'moon' twins

Nasa's pair of 'twin' spacecraft called GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B was launched on the moon on September 30 and October 5 respectively. The spacecraft attached to the rocket is…

December 17, 2018