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Jupiter 'grows' 2 more new moons
The total number of 'natural satellites' orbiting this giant planet has been raised to 66, astronomers have revealed. Codenamed S / 2011 J1 and S / 2011 J2, these two mo…
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Constellations 13 billion years old
Our Milky Way series is surrounded by nearly 200 dense constellations, each with about one million stars on average. At the age of 13 billion years, these spherical cons…
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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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Survive extraterrestrial life?
Today, astronomers have shown us that the earth is just one of the vast number of planets that can have life. Biologists have revealed to us how life on earth originated.
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Operation of satellite launch in China flourished
A Chinese space expert said yesterday Beijing will launch 20 missiles and 25 artificial satellites into space this year.
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China has a space monitoring station in Australia
With the addition of the Dongara space monitoring station in Australia, China has raised the total number of foreign countries that it has a space station to number 5.
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Will the Earth not be threatened by the coming decades?
The US Air Force Agency (NASA) said on September 29 that the number of large asteroids passing near the Earth, especially medium sized asteroids, could destroy an entire…
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Meteor storms appear tomorrow
Space agencies around the world are concerned that tomorrow's meteor shower could turn into a storm and threaten artificial satellites on Earth orbit.
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Storm from high in 2011
This year, the number of storms from Vietnam will increase sharply, preparing for the strongest intensity of magnetic storms to happen in the next two years.
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There are at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way
Scientists have for the first time estimated the number of planets in our galaxy and published huge numbers: There are at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way.
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2011 set a record for eclipses and eclipses
Chinese Youth Newspaper on January 3 said that 2011 will be the world's record year for the number of occurrences of solar eclipses and lunar eclipses since the beginnin…
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Add 54 planets capable of life
The latest information from NASA shows that there are 54 extrasolar planets that contain potential for life.
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Detecting the 2,000 comet
Soho solar research spacecraft has reached its own milestone in silence: discovering the 2,000th comet.
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Can't contact aliens yet, why?
If the truth outside the universe exists in countless different life forms as many people still believe, why can't we contact them?
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2010: Russia launched the world's largest rocket launcher
In 2010, Russia retained the world's leading position in the number of space-carrying missiles, carrying out 31 launches, compared with 15 times the US and China.