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Detecting asteroids in the solar system's
After a decade of searching, astronomers have discovered the second dwarf planet with orbit far above Pluto, but has yet to explain why the planet is there.
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7 unexpected facts about the Sun.
The Sun lies very far from Earth, making light need about 8 minutes 19 seconds to reach Earth.
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Detect a significant amount of water in a strange planet
Scientists have discovered an extrasolar planet, not far from us, covered by a water-filled atmosphere.
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VNREDSat-1 works stably on orbit
It was put on orbit on May 7, 2013, so far, after 3 months, Vietnam's first Earth observation satellite, VNREDSat-1, has been operating stably in orbit.
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Detecting water on a distant planet
HR 8799c, the name of the planet, about 130 light-years from Earth. It is quite far from its own star so astronomers can observe it easily.
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The globe is near the sun most of the year
If you look at the sun on January 2, you will probably find it bigger than normal, because that is the day when the earth reaches a near-daily point in orbit in 2013.
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Identify 7 planets that can live
According to lead researcher Abel Mendez, scientists have achieved much progress in the way of searching for exoplanets.
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Two meteor explosions at a galaxy
The galaxy, called NGC 1187, was discovered in 1784 by the English astronomer William Herschel. Far from being calm and unchanging, it has
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Today the planet is farthest away from the sun
The US Naval Observatory said that the earth would reach the farthest point of the sun (aphelion) in its orbit at 4:00 GMT on July 5 (11am on Vietnamese time). At that p…
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Mars contains more groundwater than Earth?
So far, Earth is the only planet with a large reserve of surface water. However, a new study suggests that Mars even has more surface water on our planet. Scientists at…
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Planet X
At a distance too far to be caught in the sights of earth-glass telescopes, planet X can create gravitational forces acting on icy celestial bodies passing by Neptune, h…
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Fluttering because the aurora translates to the south
Unusual high brightness aurora bands appear in areas far from the Arctic to the south on the evening of October 24 due to a magnetic storm.
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5 mysteries about Pluto
Pluto is so far away from the earth that things people know about it only count on the fingertips.
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Detecting signs of water flowing on Mars
Scientists say they have captured new images that show signs of water flowing on Mars and this may be the clearest evidence so far about the existence of water, a fundam…
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Today, the Earth is far from the Sun most of the year
If the Sun looks smaller than usual on July 4, it's not your feeling. Because, on July 4, the Earth will be the farthest away from the Sun this year.