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The tragic fate of Earth's
We can all breathe a sigh of relief: comet killer Elenin has swept close to the Earth but does not cause earthquakes or tsunamis as some predictions.
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Saturn's satellites have air
National Geographic reported that Cassini had just taken a flight close to Saturn's Dione satellite. Based on the data sent by the ship, scientists concluded that Dione…
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Space waste has doubled in the last 10 years
In close proximity to the Earth there are more than 16,000 units of space waste, compared to more than 8,800 units of waste in 2001.
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Russia tracks the movement of 15,000 cosmic objects
Russia's space monitoring center tracks 15,000 objects in the universe to prevent close access to objects in orbit.
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First picture of the comet's death
The death of a comet falling straight into the sun was recorded by scientists for the first time. The image was taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observator (SDO), a satell…
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A meteorite approaches the Earth
Yesterday (June 27), a new meteorite was discovered, about the size of a flying office building close to the Earth ...
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Close-up of the Milky Way's twin brothers
Astronomers have just announced a picture claimed to be the most beautiful ever about NGC 6744, a spiral galaxy described as human
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Close-up of the last flight of the shuttle Endeavor
Yesterday (May 16), the US successfully launched space shuttle Endeavor on the international space station (ISS) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Large asteroids fly over the Earth in the Fall
JPL Jet Laboratory of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) on May 2, said a large asteroid will fly across the Earth in the coming Fall at close range.
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See Venus meet Jupiter at dawn
For more than a week since the morning, people can observe how Venus and Jupiter approach each other - an astronomical phenomenon.
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Photographing Tarantula nebula from close distance
Scientists using the Hubble telescope captured the beautiful image of the Tarantula nebula from close range.
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First shot of the close-up of Comet Hartley 2
A space exploration ship of the American Aeronautics Agency (NASA) captured the comet close-up shots Hartley 2 for the first time.
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Detecting oxygen on Saturn satellite
American Cassini spacecraft discovered the existence of the atmosphere on Rhea, Saturn's second largest satellite, in a close-up of this celestial body in March ...
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The giant 'peanut' in the universe
The first close-up shots of comets Hartley 2 sent by Deep Impact spacecraft show that this comet is shaped like a giant peanut.
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Detecting a special twins NN Serpentis
The special twin is named NN Serpentis, nearly 1,700 light-years from Earth, created by red dwarfs and white dwarfs.