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Vesta is the newborn planet
Space science

Vesta is the newborn planet

The new discovery shows that Vesta is not an asteroid but is a newborn planet exactly from Ancient times, but not undergoing accretion and evolution to join the ranks of…

December 17, 2018
The mysterious planet in the solar system
Space science

The mysterious planet in the solar system

Kuiper belt is made up of ice objects and lies just outside the orbit of Neptune. Rodney Gomes, an astronomer from the Brazilian National Observatory, said that with mod…

December 17, 2018
New map of star systems
Space science

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.

December 17, 2018
Jupiter 'grows' 2 more new moons
Space science

Jupiter 'grows' 2 more new moons

The total number of 'natural satellites' orbiting this giant planet has been raised to 66, astronomers have revealed. Codenamed S / 2011 J1 and S / 2011 J2, these two mo…

December 17, 2018
Mail postmark space
Space science

Mail postmark space

The Chinese postal industry hopes to boost business growth with services that allow customers to send mail with space postmarks.

December 17, 2018
Detecting traces of alien life
Space science

Detecting traces of alien life

On November 17, scientists said a giant lake was hidden beneath the surface of Europa - the sixth satellite orbiting Jupiter. This may be a trace of alien life.

December 17, 2018
The Shenzhou spacecraft - 8 has returned to Earth
Space science

The Shenzhou spacecraft - 8 has returned to Earth

According to Xinhua, on the evening of November 17, the Shenzhou unmanned spacecraft - 8 returned to Earth and landed in the North of this country, ending its historic m…

December 17, 2018
Russia is about to take land on Mars's satellite
Space science

Russia is about to take land on Mars's satellite

Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft and China's Yinghuo 1 will be launched on Mars's Phobos satellite using Zenit missiles at the Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan on No…

December 17, 2018
The cause of the Scheila meteorite explosion
Space science

The cause of the Scheila meteorite explosion

On December 12, 2010, astronomers made a notable discovery: an asteroid named Scheila changed its shape and appeared a trail of light behind it, which looked like regula…

December 17, 2018
Detect invisible planet
Space science

Detect invisible planet

For the first time in history to conquer space, experts were able to detect a planet

December 17, 2018
Piece of comet helps discover Earth origin
Space science

Piece of comet helps discover Earth origin

The London Museum of Natural Sciences has hunted a piece of Ivuna Comet from an American collector. Scientists consider it a very unique artifact because it can be the k…

December 17, 2018