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Jupiter will reach its brightest today
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Jupiter will reach its brightest today

Tonight, Jupiter will reach its maximum brightness in the year. This is an opportunity for astronomers to see clearly the largest planet of the solar system.

December 17, 2018
Learn the secret of Mercury formation
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Learn the secret of Mercury formation

Among the planets in the solar system, Mercury suffers the most miserable fate. Only about 4,880km in diameter and in 4.5 billion years of existence, it constantly burne…

December 17, 2018
Weather forecast through shape ... Sun.
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Weather forecast through shape ... Sun.

Sunspots on the Sun are the source of flashes, which have a great effect on processes under Earth. But unfortunately, these observations only allow people to predict the…

December 17, 2018
Difficult to travel to the stars
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Difficult to travel to the stars

It is difficult to build a spacecraft capable of going to some distant planet, but it is even more difficult to maintain life for astronauts throughout the journey.

December 17, 2018
America built the world's most powerful rocket
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America built the world's most powerful rocket

NASA has introduced a project to build the largest and most powerful missile in the history of space travel. This missile can send spacecraft not only to Earth's orbit b…

December 17, 2018
The cause of the Scheila meteorite explosion
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The cause of the Scheila meteorite explosion

On December 12, 2010, astronomers made a notable discovery: an asteroid named Scheila changed its shape and appeared a trail of light behind it, which looked like regula…

December 17, 2018
A strong solar storm occurred
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A strong solar storm occurred

The Space Weather Forecast Center (SWPC) of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warns a localized G3 storm on Earth due to a signifi…

December 17, 2018
Little planet with huge mountains
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Little planet with huge mountains

American astronomers believe that the planet 'Vesta has the second highest mountain in the solar system, higher than anything on Earth, according to UPI news agency.

December 17, 2018
Just happened 2 solar explosions
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Just happened 2 solar explosions

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the X-level solar storm (the strongest level) has exploded strongly on Tuesday (September 6, 2011), and p…

December 17, 2018
Did solar storm appear on September 9?
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Did solar storm appear on September 9?

Earth Institute leader, ionosphere, electromagnetic wave (ISMIRAN) Sergei Gaidas said that on Ria Novosti, the occurrence of two large sparks inside the sun can cause st…

December 17, 2018
Magnetic storm has just attacked the earth
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Magnetic storm has just attacked the earth

A storm has just swept across the globe on the morning of September 10, but did not cause any damage, the US Space Weather Forecast Center (SWPC) announced.

December 17, 2018
Discovered a planet made of diamonds
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Discovered a planet made of diamonds

Recently, astronomers from Swinburne Technical University in Melbourne (Australia) discovered a planet made up of diamonds outside the solar system.

December 17, 2018