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Pluto adds 'brother'
Two years ago, Pluto was no longer considered a planet and along with Ceres and Iris, it was classified as the dwarf planet of the Solar System. Recently,
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The solar system is compressed asymmetry between directions
The methods of the solar system are not a perfect arc, they are compressed as a distorted ball, floating in the space between planets and there is no symmetrical arc bet…
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August 17 morning will have a partial eclipse
Following the solar eclipse and meteor shower Perseids, on the morning of August 17, another special astronomical event will take place: partial eclipse.
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Detect extremely bright stars in the sky
The Spitzer Space Observatory has found a star that is 3.2 million times brighter than our sun, probably the brightest star in the Milky Way. It weighs 150 to 200 times…
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Our solar system in the galaxy is rare
When people search farther in the universe, discover more planets other than the sun, many people wonder how unique our solar system is. Astronauts on the trip
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Quasars: 'final test' for relativity?
Until now astronomers have received very convincing evidence that objects of high mass bend space-time significantly, according to the predictions of general relativity.
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Project solar exploration spacecraft
The John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) plans to launch a spacecraft closer to the sun than any previous probe - and what it finds can revolutionize…
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What is the true color of the Sun?
People often see the Sun yellow but actually, this star emits the most intense blue light.
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In the future, it will be 25 hours long because the Earth slows down
Days are becoming longer. For amateur people, this means that in the northern hemisphere in the summer it will be longer than in winter. But geographers understand that…
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The mystery of giant stars: Do they explode?
According to a new project, some giant stars may not explode like supernovae. Instead, scientists estimate that they merely decay into black holes or if they explode, th…
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The sun will destroy the earth within 7.6 billion years
According to calculations by University of Sussex astronomers, the earth will be swallowed by the sun within 7.6 billion years if Earth's orbit doesn't change.
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Mars has been the closest to Earth since 2003
According to astronomers, Mars will be the closest to Earth at 11:45 am international time since 2003 and is the closest planet to Earth until 2016. Mars can be observed…
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Discovering 'green spots' in the universe
The green specks of light that are tens of thousands of times brighter than the sun have been discovered by the Hubble Observatory in an empty space between galaxies. Th…
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Visit the inner planet of the solar system
On the morning of January 14, Messenger - the first ship to visit Mercury for more than 30 years - has just passed this tiny planet at a distance of only 200 km. This is…
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Magnetism earth defends astronauts
Astronauts exploring the moon will be protected from the flow of electrons from the sun when the moon is in the earth's magnetic field for about 7 consecutive days each…