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For the first time detected foreign clouds of the Solar System
Scientists on August 26 announced they may have found the first water clouds outside the Solar System.
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Find the coolest brown dwarf
NASA telescopes have found the coolest brown dwarf ever. The temperature of this star's surface is on par with the North Pole.
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NEOWISE ships back after starting a new mission
The NEOWISE probe (new name according to WISE's mission to detect dangerous objects near Earth) has sent to the first test images.
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NASA re-activates the WISE probe
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is an infrared probe spacecraft launched by NASA on December 14, 2009.
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Find the source of the centaurs
The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) said its spacecraft had deciphered the long-standing mystery about small celestial bodies orbiting the sun, between Jupiter an…
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Set up an asteroid pedigree near Earth
The US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) said data transmitted from the WISE spacecraft provided a new genealogy of belt asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.
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Exotic galaxies turn gas into ... stars
Astronomers have found a galaxy that turns gas into stars with a success rate of approximately 100%. Its name is SDSSJ1506 + 54.
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Discover the nearby neighborhood of the solar system
An American astronomer said he had found a pair of new stars lying close to the solar system, and also the nearest neighbor to be discovered since 1917.
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Cosmic meteorite originated from ... Earth
The search for extraterrestrial life is a wise or useless thing to do when extraterrestrial life can originate from Earth.
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Discover the mystery of Jovian Trojan
American scientists have found a new clue to the mystery of the Jovian Trojan, a group of asteroids orbiting the Sun in orbit like Jupiter.
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Mission to bring people to asteroids
The latest survey results collected by WISE telescope have identified about 4,700 asteroids capable of threatening the earth, while so far experts have only kept an eye…
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Nearly 5,000 planets are threatening the earth
The orbits of meteorites and planets make them occasionally approach the earth to a level of concern. Until now, scientists have found about 30% of this object. The plan…
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New map of star systems
NASA has announced a new map with more than 560 million stars, galaxies and asteroids, many of which have never been known before.
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How many celestial objects are threatening the Earth?
Experts at NASA claimed they had counted nearly all of the celestial bodies that could endanger our planet.
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The silent guide of the earth
Earth is not alone on the journey around the sun, because it is