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Rosetta spacecraft and 6 billion km journey to comets
The Rosetta spacecraft took 10 years to cross the journey of more than 6 billion km to bring the robot Philae to land and study comets 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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NASA admits it is difficult to find life beyond Earth
Scientists have long been eager to seek life in the universe, however, the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) said.
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Discovered a mysterious pyramid-shaped mountain on a dwarf planet Ceres
Discovered in 1801, Ceres is the dwarf planet closest to the Sun. By 2012 NASA's Dawn spacecraft approached this dwarf planet to learn about the upper layer of its surfa…
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NASA seeks life in Pluto
The New Horizons spacecraft is about to approach Pluto after a 9-year journey, taking photos and sending them to NASA to learn about life on this star.
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American missiles carrying spacecraft exploded after takeoff
An American rocket carrying unmanned ships carrying goods supplied to the International Space Station (ISS) exploded in mid-air, only three minutes after being launched…
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Russia conquered the Moon in 2030
Russia will focus on studying programs to explore the Moon in its journey to conquer the universe.
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Detecting signs of water on comet surfaces
The Rosetta spacecraft, currently in a trawl around comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko, has detected 120 light spots on the comet surface with an area of at least 2m.
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NASA spacecraft approaches Pluto
The spacecraft of the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) approaches Pluto, opening hopes of ending the debate about whether or not to consider this a planet.
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NASA announces plans to explore Jupiter's Moon
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) announced on May 26 that it has selected 9 scientific devices for Jupiter's moon exploration mission in hopes of gathering more evidence.…
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ESA intends for spacecraft to crash into comets?
The European Space Agency (ESA) has recently proposed that Rosetta spacecraft rush into the comet surface 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Then there will be 2 scenarios, or…
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Close up of mysterious light spots on Ceres asteroids
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released a clear picture of the mysterious light spots on the asteroid Ceres. Science still cannot explain what th…
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Uncover the mysteries of Mercury
Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system and is always a mystery to humans. However, recent images provided by Messenger spacecraft have helped scientists unco…
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7 types of machines fell from the sky
Will spacecraft fragments fall to Earth, do they threaten our lives?