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Six outstanding space missions are underway
In addition to the European Space Agency's Philae probe, the recent landing on comet 67P has six other outstanding missions underway.
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The first clear picture of planet formation
Thanks to the Alma radio telescope, scientists have for the first time captured the clearest picture of the formation of planets around a young star.
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WASP-43b - New terrifying planet than hell
On a planet hundreds of light years from Earth, the wind blows at the same speed as sound, and the temperature is so high that it melts and water evaporates continuously.
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Discovered 'copy' of Uranus
For the first time in the history of space exploration, Earth astronomers have found a planet similar to Uranus, in a binary star system about 25,000 light-years ago.
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Crocodiles have migrated to live on Mars?
A passionate cosmopolitan hopes to finally discover life on Mars, after discovering the image of a crocodile wandering on the red planet.
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India and the United States started to explore Mars
The United States and India, the two countries that have just succeeded in sending probe into orbit Mars, have reached a cooperation agreement in the future to explore t…
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If you don't bring people to Mars, humans will soon become extinct
The founder of space technology firm SpaceX said he wanted to bring one million people to Mars in the 21st century because it was a solution to help humanity not become…
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Locate the answer for Europe's Mars mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on October 1 that it has identified four potential locations on Mars to carry out self-propelled landings in 2019.
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The first 3D image of Mars is sent from the MOM ship
India's spacecraft has just sent back to Earth the first 3D image of Mars.
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NASA's Maven spacecraft approached Mars
On September 21, the MAVEN spacecraft of the US Space Agency (NASA) approached Mars, studying to prepare the project to send people to the red planet.
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Indian ship MOM has also entered the vicinity of Mars
The Indian space agency said its Mars probe had entered the vicinity of Mars and was about to enter the planet's orbit.
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Which energy source is the strongest in the universe?
Such horrible explosions produce massive beams of energy radiation, called gamma-ray bursts (GRB).
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Mangalyaan ships have gone into Mars orbit
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 24 announced that the country's mangeboan spacecraft has successfully entered orbit of Mars.
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Reopen the debate about Pluto
Pluto still has a chance to be admitted into the solar system's planetary family after receiving a majority of votes
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Steam appears outside the planet like Neptune
For the first time, scientists determined the chemical composition of the atmosphere of a distant planet, far smaller than Jupiter.