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NASA: Risk of blockage of DSN network
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NASA: Risk of blockage of DSN network

The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) has announced that one of the Deep Space Network's (DSN) main antennas will have to be repaired longer than expected and could cause a l…

December 17, 2018
Will the Solar System have new planets?
Space science

Will the Solar System have new planets?

World astronomers are heatedly debating about the existence of a mysterious object discovered in 2003, temporarily called UB313, which is far from Earth and is much larg…

December 17, 2018
Discover planetary system like solar system
Space science

Discover planetary system like solar system

On May 18, by observing with a telescope (HARPS) located in La Xinla (Chile), for the first time a group of European scientists discovered a planetary system like our ow…

December 17, 2018
NASA resumed the task of exploring asteroids
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NASA resumed the task of exploring asteroids

The US aerospace agency (NASA) has decided to resume the exploration mission of two of the solar system's largest asteroids. A few weeks ago, NASA decided to remove this…

December 17, 2018
Celebrating the total solar eclipse 29/3
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Celebrating the total solar eclipse 29/3

Many crowds from West Africa to Central Asia clapped, danced, praised God or raised binoculars, staring up at the sky as a total eclipse of the shadow fell on a vast exp…

December 17, 2018
Sizing of the 10th 'planet'
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Sizing of the 10th 'planet'

Experts from the University of Bonn (Germany) have confirmed UB313 - celestial body can be the 10th planet in the solar system - bigger than Pluto. However, this finding…

December 17, 2018
Detecting two major solar systems
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Detecting two major solar systems

Astronomers said yesterday they have just obtained evidence of two very large solar systems - giant stars surrounded by large disks of dust in forming planets. These clo…

December 17, 2018
Increasingly cold sun?
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Increasingly cold sun?

Although the earth is getting warmer, the heat from the sun shining on Earth has decreased slightly in the last 5 years. It can be clearly seen through observing the dim…

December 17, 2018
NASA launches the first Pluto probe
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NASA launches the first Pluto probe

Yesterday, an unmanned probe of the US Space Agency (NASA) will be launched into space for a 9-year journey to Pluto, the last unexplored planet in the Solar System. . A…

December 17, 2018