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Discover the missing link of comet origin
Space science

Discover the missing link of comet origin

An international team of scientists has found a strange object whose reverse and tilting trajectory may shed light on the origin of the comet.

December 17, 2018
Detecting the minimum mass of the galaxy
Space science

Detecting the minimum mass of the galaxy

By analyzing light from small galaxies, orbiting the Milkey Way galaxy, the researchers found the minimum mass of galaxies in the universe: 10 million times the mass of…

December 17, 2018
Power transmission by radio waves
Space science

Power transmission by radio waves

John C. Mankins, a scientist who worked at the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), successfully tested the use of radio waves to transmit solar power at a distance of 148km betw…

December 17, 2018
Black holes are only big or small
Space science

Black holes are only big or small

Sometimes a black hole is like a giant cosmic beast that has billions of times the mass of the sun. But is there a medium-sized black hole?

December 17, 2018
The mystery of young stars near the black hole
Space science

The mystery of young stars near the black hole

The mystery of the formation of young stars under the giant gravity of black holes has been revealed by a group of astrophysicists at the University of St Andrews and Ed…

December 17, 2018
August 17 morning will have a partial eclipse
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August 17 morning will have a partial eclipse

Following the solar eclipse and meteor shower Perseids, on the morning of August 17, another special astronomical event will take place: partial eclipse.

December 17, 2018
Add a record for Sunita Williams
Space science

Add a record for Sunita Williams

The American astronaut Sunita Williams (pictured) has just added a world record when she becomes the woman who flies continuously in space for the longest time.

December 17, 2018
Many planets have two suns
Space science

Many planets have two suns

The sight of the two suns on a planet is not only on movies. NASA has found that number of binary systems is as much as our single system. NASA's Sptitzer Space Telescop…

December 17, 2018
Sunlight once shone on the dark parts of the moon
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Sunlight once shone on the dark parts of the moon

Sunlight once shone on the dark parts of the moon. It is the result of experiments conducted by researchers at the University of Edinburgh by simulating the development…

December 17, 2018