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Discover many diamond planets
The researchers created the same temperature and pressure as the earth's crust to study how the diamond was made.
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Thousands of asteroids are threatening the Earth
According to a NASA survey, about 1,000 asteroids flying near Earth could cause catastrophic damage if a collision occurs.
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The Curiosity ship carries a unique item to the Red planet
On November 26, the Curiosity expedition will be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Base, Florida, USA with the mission of evaluating whether Mars can support microbial li…
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Planet of the Solar System is lost in the universe
Astronomers have agreed that our Solar System originally formed from four giant planets, including Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune. However, a recent scientific study s…
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Discover the dark age of the universe
The universe once experienced a dark age, which was the era when darkness enveloped before the first stars and galaxies appeared.
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Search for urban lights of other civilizations
Humans should seek urban light on other planets in the process of hunting for extraterrestrial civilizations, the two American scientists said.
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Discover the youngest metaphor
Scientists report that they have discovered a hidden planet less than 25 million years old, the youngest ever.
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How many celestial objects are threatening the Earth?
Experts at NASA claimed they had counted nearly all of the celestial bodies that could endanger our planet.
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Venus returns to the sky on the night of October 27
On August 18 Venus passed through the sun (seen from Earth) and since then, it has become invisible when obscured by the bright light of the sun.
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Discovering the planet has a year of 18 hours on Earth
Astronomers have found a planet with a radius twice as large as Earth, but a year there is only 18 hours on our planet.
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Jupiter will reach its brightest today
Tonight, Jupiter will reach its maximum brightness in the year. This is an opportunity for astronomers to see clearly the largest planet of the solar system.
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Learn the secret of Mercury formation
Among the planets in the solar system, Mercury suffers the most miserable fate. Only about 4,880km in diameter and in 4.5 billion years of existence, it constantly burne…
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The tragic fate of Earth's
We can all breathe a sigh of relief: comet killer Elenin has swept close to the Earth but does not cause earthquakes or tsunamis as some predictions.
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For the first time, a photo of a planet is forming
An astronomer at the University of Hawaii has just captured the first direct image of a planet being born.
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Ocean formed by Comet?
Surrounding the surface of the earth is mostly ocean, scientists say the oceans only formed about 8 million years after the planet was born.