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See before the end of the earth
Space science

See before the end of the earth

Using Hubble's telescope to study the atmospheric composition of four white dwarfs, astronomers from the University of Warwick (UK) discovered that most of the material…

December 17, 2018
Ancient Mars atmosphere resembles Earth
Space science

Ancient Mars atmosphere resembles Earth

The new study supports the hypothesis that Mars initially had a thick and humid atmosphere, with a fairly similar climate on Earth today. Some previous studies have show…

December 17, 2018
Mars has been covered by water like Earth
Space science

Mars has been covered by water like Earth

Mars was once covered by water like ours today, according to research by scientists at Georgia Tech University (USA). One of the reasons water cannot exist on Mars today…

December 17, 2018
Asteroids explode in California sky
Space science

Asteroids explode in California sky

The halo is thought to have been created by a small asteroid that is hitting the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 15 km / s (54,000 km / h), turning it into a blazing fi…

December 17, 2018
Super big project NASA: Fly to the Sun.
Space science

Super big project NASA: Fly to the Sun.

NASA experts started an unprecedented big project about studying the Sun. They will send this planet a Solar Probe Plus, a solar device close to the solar crown and work…

December 17, 2018
America's oldest 'satellite' falls to Earth
Space science

America's oldest 'satellite' falls to Earth

One of the first US satellites named Explorer 8 launched on October 3, 1960 after half a century of orbiting into the dense atmosphere on March 31.

December 17, 2018
Comet 'joke' the sun
Space science

Comet 'joke' the sun

Space reported Swan comet stars plunge into the sun atmosphere on the evening of March 14 in the US time (corresponding to the morning and noon on March 15, Vietnam time…

December 17, 2018
Discover planet full of water
Space science

Discover planet full of water

BBC said, the planet, named GJ 1214b, was discovered in December 2009 by underground telescopes but astronomers only knew it was bigger than Earth and smaller than Jupit…

December 17, 2018
Venus suddenly turned slower
Space science

Venus suddenly turned slower

AFP said, astronomers of the Paris Observatory in France analyzed data from a spectrometer on Venus Express, the European Union's spacecraft. This spectrometer measures…

December 17, 2018
Mars used to have an ocean
Space science

Mars used to have an ocean

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Discovery program has just proven to have had an ocean that covered part of Mars. The program to use the radar and seabed sediment…

December 17, 2018