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Today the planet is farthest away from the sun
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Today the planet is farthest away from the sun

The US Naval Observatory said that the earth would reach the farthest point of the sun (aphelion) in its orbit at 4:00 GMT on July 5 (11am on Vietnamese time). At that p…

December 17, 2018
Search for life on Mars
Space science

Search for life on Mars

Curiosity, the name of the self-propelled device of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) flying to Mars, will land on the red planet on August 5. Where it will land is the Gal…

December 17, 2018
Discover the 5th moon of Pluto
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Discover the 5th moon of Pluto

After analyzing data from multiple images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope of the US Space Agency (NASA), Dr. Mark Showalter and his colleagues from Seti Research…

December 17, 2018
Perspective of the destruction of the earth
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Perspective of the destruction of the earth

No one can accurately predict the future, let alone the time of the earth's destruction. In exterminating hypotheses that are logically deduced under the eyes of astrono…

December 17, 2018
The tango of two strange planets
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The tango of two strange planets

The Kepler space telescope found that the two planets moved so closely that their rotation was like a tango dance. Pair

December 17, 2018
Mars contains more groundwater than Earth?
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Mars contains more groundwater than Earth?

So far, Earth is the only planet with a large reserve of surface water. However, a new study suggests that Mars even has more surface water on our planet. Scientists at…

December 17, 2018
There was no sign of life at Gliese 581
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There was no sign of life at Gliese 581

The hunt for other extraterrestrial civilizations has just been armed with new weapons, but the first military outpost did not produce satisfactory results. Astronomers…

December 17, 2018
Discovering new features of Neptune
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Discovering new features of Neptune

Erich Karkoschka, a scientist from the University of Arizona, USA, accurately calculated the self-motion time within a week of this giant planet is 15 hours 57 minutes 5…

December 17, 2018
Mars One plans to build a settlement on Mars
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Mars One plans to build a settlement on Mars

Mars One announced it would build a Mars settlement in 2023, sounding like a fiction story, but it was completely true. The Dutch-funded privately owned company has a pl…

December 17, 2018
More evidence of life on Mars
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More evidence of life on Mars

Scientists have found new evidence of life on the red planet. Such evidence suggests that on Mars, organic chemistry has been taking place all the time. A group of resea…

December 17, 2018