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Detecting cosmic ghosts in the night sky
Space science

Detecting cosmic ghosts in the night sky

When Yale University astronomer Kevin Schawinski and Oxford University associates won public support for enrolling galaxies, they never envisioned the strange object Han…

December 17, 2018
The truth about the shooting star
Space science

The truth about the shooting star

In the darkness of the early morning of April 15, 1912, when the Titanic sank into the ice of the Atlantic Ocean, survivors saw a series of light trails in the sky that…

December 17, 2018
The moon does not reflect light
Space science

The moon does not reflect light

Is Edward Munch mindless when he forgets the moon's reflection in many of his paintings? No, he followed the optical rules.

December 17, 2018
Discovering two strange celestial bodies
Space science

Discovering two strange celestial bodies

A strange pair of celestial objects vaguely located on the boundary between the planet and why have just been discovered outside the solar system. So far, several dozen…

December 17, 2018
Space radio - Power wave source
Space science

Space radio - Power wave source

In 1931, an American engineer obtained a radio source of unknown origin. This wave occurs every day, the period occurring exactly the same time that a rotation of the Ea…

December 17, 2018
Swan constellation (Cygnus)
Space science

Swan constellation (Cygnus)

In the Milky Way there is a constellation that looks like a goose that is rising straight into the air. That is the Swans. This constellation is accompanied by the const…

December 17, 2018
Sizing of the 10th 'planet'
Space science

Sizing of the 10th 'planet'

Experts from the University of Bonn (Germany) have confirmed UB313 - celestial body can be the 10th planet in the solar system - bigger than Pluto. However, this finding…

December 17, 2018
How can this be called a planet?
Space science

How can this be called a planet?

Leading astronomers around the world are debating the criteria to be able to call a celestial body a planet, comparing Pluto Pluto and a newly discovered asteroid, Sedna.

December 17, 2018
Vinh Phuc: Successfully planting Thien Dieu flowers
Scientific application

Vinh Phuc: Successfully planting Thien Dieu flowers

According to Phung Thi Nga, Director of the Center for Applied Science and Technology Progress of Vinh Phuc Province, in 2011, the Center successfully planted Thien Dieu…

December 16, 2018
Radio astronomy and giant antennas
Scientific application

Radio astronomy and giant antennas

The seventeenth century was an era of astronomy thanks to the invention of a telescope by Galilée and the great scientific achievements of Kepler and Newton on gravity.…

December 16, 2018