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Decoding the origin of phenomena
Space science

Decoding the origin of phenomena

Astronomers say the Hubble Space Telescope telescope has detected a gamma-ray burst from the event named kilonova, temporarily translated.

December 17, 2018
Thousands of bombs threaten the life of the earth
Space science

Thousands of bombs threaten the life of the earth

According to NASA, 1,400 asteroids are known to be potentially dangerous. Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory office has been monitoring and publishing information about…

December 17, 2018
NASA decodes a mystery on Mars
Space science

NASA decodes a mystery on Mars

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has just released a study that helps explain the existence of long and mysterious grooves on the slopes of giant sand dunes on Mars.

December 17, 2018
Russian meteorite turned into
Space science

Russian meteorite turned into

After an asteroid explosion in a poor Siberia town, Larisa Briyukova wondered what to do with the strange stone she found.

December 17, 2018
The surface of Mars is still inactive
Space science

The surface of Mars is still inactive

In the 1890s, when Percival Lowell first saw Mars through a telescope, he discovered some noticeable features on the planet, namely: there were many grooves intersecting…

December 17, 2018
The earth has thousands of moons
Space science

The earth has thousands of moons

Scientists have modeled supercomputers to track the orbit of 10 million meteorites passing through the Earth System - the Moon. The orbits of the Sun with Earth-like orb…

December 17, 2018
Detailing the Moon's sand dunes Saturn
Space science

Detailing the Moon's sand dunes Saturn

Scientists from the US and European aerospace agencies (NASA and ESA) announced on January 25 details of the giant sand dunes at Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, contr…

December 17, 2018
Ice melts on Mars
Space science

Ice melts on Mars

Summer on Mars, similar to Earth, most of the planet's ice around the South Pole is melting in warm weather.

December 17, 2018