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The truth about the shooting star
In the darkness of the early morning of April 15, 1912, when the Titanic sank into the ice of the Atlantic Ocean, survivors saw a series of light trails in the sky that…
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Cassini is in danger of being damaged by ice particles
According to scientists, small pieces of ice or dust particles are at risk of damaging the Cassini probe when the ship flies sideways.
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Nasa postponed the launch of the Mars probe
As expected, the Phoenix spacecraft will be launched on this Friday (August 3) but eventually has to be postponed in 24g. The reason is that the extremely bad weather ye…
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Detecting a planet hot ice
Astronomers from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) have discovered a planet that can be composed of hot ice around a small star 30 light-years from Earth.
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More than half of Mars may have ice
According to US scientists, the initial data from the latest image scanning method on Mars shows that more than half of Red planet's surface may have ice. The scientists…
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NASA: Satellite studies the clouds
Recently, NASA introduced a spacecraft on a rocket with the primary mission of studying floating mystical clouds 50 miles from Earth.
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Mars' southernmost ice region is very deep and wide
Recent measurements of Mars's southern polar region indicate that this region contains a large amount of frozen water. The amount of freezing water that this area contai…
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Ice stars almost rush into passenger aircraft
Pilots on a Chilean passenger plane yesterday saw the burning debris gliding over and only moving 40 seconds to stab them. It happens when the plane is approaching the a…
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CryoSat-2 satellite examines the thickness of the ice regions at 2 poles
Making an artificial satellite for 3 years is clearly an ambitious task. Therefore, the decision to reconstruct CryoSat satellite and restore its program is also an ambi…
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High starting temperatures may have helped to form geysers on Saturn's Enceladus satellite
Enceladus is a small sized satellite and it is composed of ice and rock. The puzzling thing is how does it have a hole
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Is there an atmosphere in Mars's heart?
According to a study published in the US, water and carbone dioxide (CO2) previously created Mars's dense atmosphere dispersed with low concentrations in space and can b…
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Mysterious beauty of Saturn
Scientists want to study the Saturn system in detail because they believe it will shed light on the basic questions of chemistry, physics, the process of formation and
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The Earth used to be a giant snow globe
According to a study published in Nature, Earth's magnetic field has not changed since more than 2 billion years ago. This confirms a very difficult hypothesis: our gree…
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No ice on the Moon crater!
The plan to use water found on the Moon to build a new 'settlements' for extraterrestrial humans of scientists had to be temporarily put aside after new high-resolution…
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Detecting the vents on Mars
The image from a Mars-orbiting camera revealed the flow of CO2 sprayed at 100 miles per hour through the planet's southernmost ice. These circuits throw sand and dust up…