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Peeling the 'mask' of comet Don Quixote
A large celestial object close to Earth for more than 30 years is mistaken for an asteroid but in fact it is a false comet.
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NASA identifies three goals in the project:
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has announced that it has identified three suitable asteroids to implement an ambitious 'arrest and research' project.
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200,000 computers detected 24 hidden crystals
Scientists used a computer cloud, with the combined power of 200,000 personal computers, and found the new Milky Way's 24 metaphors.
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Identify 12 easy-to-exploit asteroids
Scottish researchers say they have identified 12 accessible targets in the field of asteroid mining, which can be impacted to pull them close enough to Earth and exploit.
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The comet 'graveyard' was discovered
Colombian astronomers say they have found a place to bury the bodies of comets, and from here some comets can be revived after millions of years of motionlessness.
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A flying asteroid between Earth and Moon
On August 9, scientists said, the 2013 PS12 asteroid is flying between the Earth and the Moon at an equal distance, in which the diameter of the celestial body is determ…
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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…
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Mining from asteroids
NASA has planned to test the ability to exploit giant mines containing rare minerals in the form of asteroids.
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Meteors make the Moon destroy Earth?
Scientists are constantly looking for answers to the question: Can asteroids deflect the Moon's orbit and make it crash into the Earth, causing our planet to suffer disa…
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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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Contribute ideas to deal with asteroids
The US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) received 402 ideas to help track asteroids that could attack the Earth in the future, as well as drag a small asteroid to orbi…
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The US and South Korea discussed aerospace cooperation
On July 29, the leaders of the US and South Korean national space agencies met in the US capital, Washington, to discuss the prospect of cooperation in aeronautical rese…
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Hang Nga ships set a record high in space
Hang Nga 2 July 14 has set a record as China's highest flying probe after flying out into space about 50 million km.
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New discovery of meteorite explosion in Russia
The fact that asteroids explode in the Russian sky has emitted shock waves so strong that it travels the Earth to two rounds before completely dissipating.
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American farmers find meteorites billions of years old
A farmer from Arlington (Minnesota, USA) is quite surprised because he accidentally picked up meteorites dating back billions of years.