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Mars soil may have live bacteria
Latest tests of Mars soil samples obtained by Viking ship show that the Red planet may have the existence of live bacteria.
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People will migrate to Mars
The current exploration of Mars has entered a decisive stage: bringing people to Mars. Initially will build a base on the Moon - a stop from which to launch a spacecraft…
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Discover the largest planet outside the Solar System
A group of international astronomers who have discovered the largest known planet ever moves in the orbit of another star. The planet passes in front of the parent star…
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Mars is approaching the Earth
Mars and Earth are at the stage of getting close together. By December, every hour, the distance between the two planets will decrease by 35,400km. So NASA chose June to…
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Detecting Saturn's 60th moon
Scientists have discovered a new moon of Saturn, bringing the planet's total moon count to 60. The new moon was discovered by a series of images made by evil cameras.
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NASA: Use robots to explore the crater on Mars
NASA's Opportunity self-propelled robot is preparing an expedition down to Mars's Victoria crater to try to find new evidence of the existence of water on the red planet.
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Detecting foreign vapor of the solar system
Astronomers say they have just discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of a giant planet outside the Solar System. Steam was discovered on planet HD 189733b, thanks to…
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Test the world's largest mirror telescope
Last weekend, the world's largest mirror telescope, located atop La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands, began experimental activity to search for planets outside the solar…
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Discovering more activity on the two moons of Saturn
According to data from Cassini's planetarium trip, there are two Saturnian moons, Tethys and Dione, spewing large streams of particles into space. This finding shows the…
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Pluto gets 'demoted' again.
After being dethroned by the solar system's planet in 2006 and classified as a dwarf planet, Pluto was once again downgraded to a lower rank by the dwarf planet Eris.
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Images of two asteroids Ceres and Vesta sent by Hubble
The Hubble Space Telescope has sent images of Ceres dwarf planets and Vesta asteroids, the two largest bodies in the asteroid belt, the area between Mars and Jupiter.
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Detecting a planet hot ice
Astronomers from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) have discovered a planet that can be composed of hot ice around a small star 30 light-years from Earth.
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Venus: images of Oxygen, a year of data collection
A year has passed, since April 11, 2006, when the Venus Express spacecraft, the first European exploration ship to carry out its mission to Venus and is the only spacecr…
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Discovered 28 new planets outside the solar system
A group of scientists searching for planets reported that they discovered 28 new planets outside the Solar System, increasing the number of planets discovered to 236.
