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Detecting 'ghost dust' on red planet
NASA's Mars spy satellite captured high-quality images of 'ghost dust' that appeared along the surface of Mars. The phenomenon of 'ghost dust' also appeared on Earth, ma…
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Discover more than 1000 new planets outside the solar system
US astronomers have just announced the discovery of more than 1,000 potential objects, new planets outside the solar system - nearly double the number of planets detecte…
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Discover planet full of water
BBC said, the planet, named GJ 1214b, was discovered in December 2009 by underground telescopes but astronomers only knew it was bigger than Earth and smaller than Jupit…
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Nomadic planets flood the Milky Way
Our galaxy may contain more than 100,000 planets that move freely, not belonging to any solar system. That is the conclusion drawn from the study of planets
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Jupiter 'grows' 2 more new moons
The total number of 'natural satellites' orbiting this giant planet has been raised to 66, astronomers have revealed. Codenamed S / 2011 J1 and S / 2011 J2, these two mo…
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New Horizons is only 1.6 billion km away from Pluto
Last weekend, the New Horizons spacecraft entered the
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11 new planetary systems discovered from Kepler glasses
The National Aeronautics Agency (NASA) on January 26 said the Kepler telescope has discovered 11 new planetary systems that contain 26 planets.
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Discovering scorpions living on Venus?
A Russian scientist claimed to have found life on Venus, a finding that if accurate, would upset the entire previous human understanding of the solar system.
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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…
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Discovering more 'future houses' for humankind
International astronomers yesterday announced that they found a large planet full of conditions favorable to life outside the solar system.
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NASA has discovered 3 planets smaller than Earth
Thanks to data from NASA's Kepler telescope, astronomers have discovered three planets smaller than Earth, orbiting a star much smaller than our Sun.
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Discover new form of planetary system
Based on NASA's Kepler Mission program data, astronomers announced the discovery of two new
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10 mysteries in the universe
Super-speed stars, dark energy, dark matter, black holes, neutinos ... are the secrets of space science that will discover in 2012.
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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.
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The Earth-like moon is unexpected
Titan is Saturn's largest moon and is also the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere. Understanding more about the working mechanism of this hazy atmosphere will he…