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NASA has discovered 3 planets smaller than Earth
Thanks to data from NASA's Kepler telescope, astronomers have discovered three planets smaller than Earth, orbiting a star much smaller than our Sun.
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Capture the scene of the black hole
The new series of ultra-sharp images shows exactly the moment when a black hole is emitting huge gas clusters, extremely fast-paced images of 'bullets'.
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Russian spacecraft 'has just fallen into the Pacific Ocean'
Russian scientists reported that the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft's debris had fallen into the Pacific on Sunday 15 October after failing to complete the mission to explore M…
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South Korea first discovered the meteorite in Antarctica
According to Yonhap on January 14, the team of 37 members of the Korea Polar Research Institute for the first time discovered meteorites in the mountains in Victoria Lan…
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Phobos-Grunt station may be affected by US radar
The reporter in the Russian Federation led the news in the newspaper
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The first opportunity to admire the super black hole
A black hole's 'shape' can be recorded for the first time by gathering more than 50 radio telescopes on earth.
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Rock from Mars falls to earth
A meteorite plunged into North Africa in July last year and scientists confirmed yesterday that the stone was once part of Mars.
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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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100 billion planets in the Milky Way
Our Milky Way Range has at least 100 billion planets according to a detailed statistical study based on the discovery of three extrasolar planets thanks to microlensing.
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The US denied the failure of the Phobos-Grunt train
A US State Department spokesman denied that the failed launch of Russia's Phobos-Grunt probe was caused by a powerful electromagnetic wave emitted by an American radar.
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NASA's laboratory on Moon's orbit
NASA officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said the No. 1 Gravity Recovery Laboratory (GRAIL-A) entered the Moon's orbit at 22:01 GMT on De…
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Russian spacecraft will fall next week
Russia admits the fragments of the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft will likely fall back to the ground next week.
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Minerals in the Moon are found abundantly in Australia
A mineral is brought to Earth by the first people to set foot on the Moon and is thought to be unique at the surface of
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Does 'twin' planets with Earth exist?
In order for a life similar to Earth to exist on another planet, scientists think aliens must also have three vital components: organic structural molecules can form com…
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Alarm on garbage on the universe
The International Year of Astronautics (2011) has just ended, experts in the universe evaluate that the amount of garbage on orbit near Earth has reached an alarming lev…