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Strange shapes on Mars
American spacecraft sends strange images on the red planet, including CO2 ice blocks, sand dunes, rocky cliffs and valleys.
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Hail on the new planet CoRoT-7b
The first rock planet discovered outside the solar system has a terrifying habitat full of hail on the lava sea, a recent study said.
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Discover 32 new planets
European astronomers have reported that they have found 32 new planets outside the solar system, reinforcing the hypothesis that life might exist somewhere beyond the ea…
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Detecting rocky planet resembles Earth
Recently astronomers have discovered that an extrasolar planet has some very similar characteristics to Earth.
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New hypothesis about the red of Mars
A new hypothesis suggests that Mars is not always red and explains why the planet is so red.
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Discovered ice on Mars
An American spacecraft found evidence of ice on Mars. This is a sign that the red planet can nourish life.
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Chandra X-ray 10-year anniversary.
About 10 years ago the Columbia spacecraft launched with the astronomers' hopes and dreams - Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Email 'clogged' about Mars size
A spectacular email about Mars's size in the sky on August 27 has been released over the past five years. And where is the truth?
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Planets pave the way for clean energy
A group of international scientists headed by Oxford University have looked at the dense and hot mass in the center of the planets ...
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Discovering the planet in paradox
Astronomers in the UK have found the first planet to turn against its own star. The star forms when a cloud of dust and gas shrinks, causing its own mass to increase
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The first black holes were
The first black holes in the universe have a huge impact on their surroundings despite the fact that they are small and grow very slowly, following new supercomputer mod…
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Radiation stimulates star formation
A new study by two NASA observatories provides new knowledge about star formation, along with a very beautiful picture of a star-forming region in our galaxy.
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The harsh youth of the Sun
One of the hottest topics in the 27th joint study of the International Astronomical Society (IAU) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil includes studying astronomical conditions sui…
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Billard game of giant planets
A group of scientists has discovered a new planet that moves abnormally around its host star. The planet is called WASP-17 and revolves around a star located 1,000 light…