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Detecting cold stars never seen
A weak, lonely and dim star, the lowest temperature ever recorded in history has been discovered, only 40 light-years from Earth.
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Most likely we are alone in the universe
Dr. Andrew Watson, a climate scientist at the University of East Anglia in Great Britain, thinks that the ability to find extraterrestrial life like us is extremely, ext…
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Discover new planets outside the Solar System
Japanese scientists on February 28 said they believed that another planet of two thirds of our Earth is orbiting the outer ring of the Solar System.
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Landslide on Mars
The photographs were completely random and showed that the sepia clouds moved right at the foot of a giant slope up to 760m long, from which an ice and dust eruption was…
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Mars and Venus: surprising similarities
Mars and Venus are still thought to be very different, but there are more similarities than people think. Two nearly identical spacecraft flew around Mars and Venus comp…
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The first organic molecule on an extraterrestrial planet
The Hubble telescope first discovered the presence of organic molecules in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in th…
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Detecting salt deposits on Mars
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) announced on March 20 that the Mars probe Mars Odyssey has discovered evidence of salt sediments, dating back about 3.5 to 3.9 billion yea…
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Europe and Japan cooperate to study Mercury
The European Aerospace (ESA) has signed a contract to manufacture BepiColombo, the first co-operative space device between Europe and Japan to launch Mercury research.
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Add evidence of volcanoes operating on Mercury
The Messenger ship flew over Mercury on January 14 and found more evidence of a volcanic activity on a large planet near the Sun.
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Saturn encounters the Moon in accordance with Nguyen Tieu (February 21).
Chinese astronomers said that the astronomical astronomical phenomenon can be observed visually: Saturn and Moon meet on New Year's Day (February 21).
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Mars has been the closest to Earth since 2003
According to astronomers, Mars will be the closest to Earth at 11:45 am international time since 2003 and is the closest planet to Earth until 2016. Mars can be observed…
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Discover a new planet
German astronomers have discovered a new planet arising in a solar system and are in the process of being formed. This is the first time this type of planetary formation…
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Detection of compressed air hot spots on the north pole of Saturn
Scientists say they have discovered a hot spot containing compressed air on the cold north pole of Saturn. This amazing discovery can reveal new details about other plan…
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10 most special nights in 2008
Here are the most notable events that will take place in the sky this year, provided by SPACE's Night Sky Magazine.
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Visit the inner planet of the solar system
On the morning of January 14, Messenger - the first ship to visit Mercury for more than 30 years - has just passed this tiny planet at a distance of only 200 km. This is…