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Comet 45P will decorate the night sky on New Year’s Eve

2016 will have its own personal farewell, as a comet that travels around the solar system will be visible shortly after the sunset of...

ESO’s latest Earth-like exoplanet discovery launches debate

Last week, astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced the discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet near Earth. Named Proxima Centauri b, it orbits...
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Experts “photograph” dark matter for the first time in history

Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada, have captured the first image of dark matter. The composite image showing a dark matter web linking...
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New Horizon explains why Pluto’s biggest moon has red spots

The big red patch of Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, is no longer a mystery. The red soil came from a nearby source: Pluto. When...

Light pollution: being lit might have dark consequences

A new study of satellite images of Earth was published this Tuesday in the Science Advances journal, revealing a troubling issue in its findings....

NASA design exercise device improve astronauts’ health

Space, the final frontier of humankind, remains a tricky and dangerous place even after many men have already gone before. It’s also a very...
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Top 5 new species of 2018

Every year new species from every kingdom pop up into our knowledge and repertoire of the wonderful and strange things that inhabit our world....
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Scientists spot a strange smile-shaped wave in Venus

Astronomers spotted a strange wave over the surface of Venus yesterday with the help of Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft. The scientific community has its eyes on...
A teenager becomes part of NASA's Mars landing team

A teenager becomes part of NASA’s Mars landing team

U.S. – A new Mars Rover project from NASA is going to launch by the end of 2020, and a teenager’s proposal is likely...

Opportunity Mars Rover set for last missions to find water

NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover is ready for the last two years of its mission after it spent the month of October studying the rich...