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'Mars used to have many oceans'
The accumulation of a number of chemical elements in the northern hemisphere of Mars makes American astronomers believe that the ocean once existed on the red planet.
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Mars has many large ice lakes
The probe Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has discovered huge ice lakes beneath the layers of rocks and mountains on Mars.
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Symbols of galaxies are the result of intense collisions
Stunning bright stars, symbols of galaxies like the Milky Way, can be fragments from violent collisions with other planets.
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NASA prepares a new mission to Jupiter
NASA officially undertook a new task to conduct a very detailed study of the planet.
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Two cosmic
The Los Alamos National Laboratory observatory observes for the first time that two distinct hotspots seem to be bombarding the Earth with an enormous amount of cosmic r…
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Discover the hottest planet
In the hunt for extrasolar planets, a new finding often sets new records.
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India successfully launched the spacecraft to the Moon
India's first unmanned spacecraft will operate on Moon's orbit for two years to map three-dimensional space on the planet and search for precious metals.
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Approaching the discovery of Earth's twin brothers
Planet hunters said it was only a matter of time before they found Earth's twin brothers.
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Find a planet as hot as the sun
New scientists have discovered the hottest planet ever known by humans. It has a temperature of up to 2,250 degrees Celsius, equivalent to the heat at the surface of the…
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The 'dead planet' used to be a giant fire cauldron
Although it is considered geologically dead planet, Mercury was very excited by the activity of numerous volcanoes on the surface a few billion years ago.
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The mysterious aurora was discovered on Saturn
Saturn has special aurorae that light up polarity unlike any known planetary aurora in the solar system.
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Messenger ship is about to fly Mercury
NASA's Aeronautics and Space Agency has just said that the Mercury probe called Messenger will have the solar system's smallest cross-flight flight early next week.
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The strange object disturbs the classification of extraterrestrial planets
The European COROT spacecraft has detected an object the size of a planet that orbits its star with close proximity.
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New comets have been discovered
Rob Cardinal is looking for a small planet, but eventually finds a comet.
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The 10 most mysterious things in the Solar System (part 1)
In the journey to conquer the vast universe, people have discovered so many new things, but still, there are countless unknowns to date.