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Comet detection is the brightest century
Hubble took the first close-up picture of ISON, the name of the comet, on the evening of April 10 - when comet was about 630 million kilometers from Earth, National Geog…
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Close up of dead star
European astronomers have announced the image of a star about 3,300 light-years from Earth, emitting the last bright light before disappearing forever.
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Close up of the Milky Way's
Some of the Milky Way stars must be 13 billion years old, but the production machine is constantly working to produce new generation of stars.
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Two meteors are about to fly close to the earth
2013 EC 20 - the name of a meteorite - will be about 148,800km from the globe - March 16 by US time. A day later, meteorite named 2013 EN 20 will fly close to the earth…
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Discover the nearby neighborhood of the solar system
An American astronomer said he had found a pair of new stars lying close to the solar system, and also the nearest neighbor to be discovered since 1917.
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Comet tour in Germany
Eclipse Travel - a travel company in the city of Bonn, Germany - and two Air Partner and Air Berlin airlines will hold a special flight on March 16.
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Next month, a meteorite approached the earth
The meteorite is about the size of a football field flying quite close to Earth, and will approach the closest distance to our planet in the middle of next month.
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Uninvited guests in the sky
Space scientists will increase their research efforts to cope with the risk that may arise when two relatively large asteroids will have flight paths.
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Close up of 3 mysterious holes on the Moon
Scientists have published a series of images of three mysterious collisions on the Moon's surface.
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See the amazing astronomical phenomena of 2013
If 2012 closes with a 'sadness' regret of the 'believers' who love astronomy because there are up to 18 interesting natural supremacy, but the weather is not really supp…
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Can the Mars probe ship be hit with dust?
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said it was keeping a close eye on a giant dust storm on Mars that created many atmospheric changes in the planet.
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Close-up of asteroids near Earth
Scientists used NASA's giant radio telescope to capture the radar image of a 1.6-kilometer-wide asteroid hovering near the Earth.
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Close up of galactic conflict
Astronomers saw a pair of galaxies rushing into each other in the distant universe, a future image of the Milky Way itself for several billion years.
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Two meteorites fly close to the earth today
Telescopes in the US state of Arizona discovered 2012 QG42 and 2012 QC8, the names of two meteors on August 26. They are moving towards the earth and the moon and will r…