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The Earth-like moon is unexpected
Titan is Saturn's largest moon and is also the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere. Understanding more about the working mechanism of this hazy atmosphere will he…
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Moonlight: Why is the moon red and big unusually?
The last eclipse of 2011 took place yesterday, with the unusually large and red moon - pleasing millions of observers.
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China developed the 3rd generation weather forecast satellite
China will develop the Fengyun 3rd generation weather forecast satellite to monitor meteorological changes accurately and continuously.
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Russian spacecraft containing toxic fuel may explode
On November 14, the director of the Russian Space Agency Vladimir Popovkin said the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft could explode and release the Earth's atmosphere of 12 tons o…
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Meteor shower peaks tonight
Taurid meteor showers appear from late October to mid November. It is listed as a weak meteor shower due to low-frequency meteorites - an average of 7 tracks per hour. T…
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Satellite Rosat rushes into the earth's atmosphere
The big truck-sized satellite has plunged into the atmosphere and its debris might hit the earth today, the German space agency announced.
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Rosat 'satellite may fall to the Indian Ocean'
Fragments of the German satellite may have fallen into the Indian Ocean after it crashed into the atmosphere yesterday.
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Fluttering because the aurora translates to the south
Unusual high brightness aurora bands appear in areas far from the Arctic to the south on the evening of October 24 due to a magnetic storm.
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Accurate fall point of German satellites
After many predictions about whether the German satellite could fall in Southeast Asia or deep in the Chinese plateau, scientists finally located the grounding position…
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Discovering the planet has a year of 18 hours on Earth
Astronomers have found a planet with a radius twice as large as Earth, but a year there is only 18 hours on our planet.
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Explore the universe through hot air balloons
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) is testing a form of space exploration that is cheaper than a missile program with shadow detectors.
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Europe invited Russia to join the Mars project
Europe has officially invited Russia to join the mission of exploring Mars to be implemented in 2016 and 2018.
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Estimated Rosat satellite plunges down to the weekend
Germany's ROSAT satellite is expected to plunge to Earth this weekend (October 22-23, 2011). However, the exact location and exact time cannot be determined. Besides,
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Can the German satellite fall to Vietnam?
Germany's vacant ROSAT satellite will fall to Earth from October 21-24. A very large area on Earth, not excluding Vietnam, may have to catch a fragment of this satellite.
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Ozone in Venus's atmosphere
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express probe has made a very important discovery when it found a thick layer of ozone in the Venus atmosphere.