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Asteroid naming test for global students
Space science

Asteroid naming test for global students

NASA recently opened a competition for students around the world to name an asteroid that NASA is about to fly in 2016. The competition lasts from September 2 to Decembe…

December 17, 2018
China launches satellite global data transfer
Space science

China launches satellite global data transfer

On the night of July 25, China successfully launched Thien Lien I-03 (Tianlian) satellite from the Xuchang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, completing the fi…

December 17, 2018
Russia and Japan want to build bases on the moon
Space science

Russia and Japan want to build bases on the moon

JAXA and Roscosmos announced their ambition to build a moon base during the Global Space Exploration conference - an event that took place from May 22 to 24 in the US ca…

December 17, 2018
GPS can alert tsunamis faster than today
Space science

GPS can alert tsunamis faster than today

The Global Positioning System (GPS) can provide tsunami warnings faster than the system currently deployed. This is confirmed by German researchers after learning about…

December 17, 2018
The moon is getting smaller
Space science

The moon is getting smaller

The global process is compressed into the Earth's natural satellite, which has just been published in the Science journal Science.

December 17, 2018
China launched the 10th positioning satellite
Space science

China launched the 10th positioning satellite

China on this morning (December 2) successfully launched the 10th positioning satellite into space, completing one third of the way to build its own global positioning s…

December 17, 2018
Block the sun to cool the Earth?
Space science

Block the sun to cool the Earth?

A group of physical scientists has proposed a completely new, ambitious and daring plan for artificially cooling the Earth.

December 17, 2018