Earth Will Soon Forever Lose Its 'Second Moon', Astronomers Say
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Lilia Dergacheva
29 January 2021, 19:59 GMT
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Ancient Super-Earth Planet Billions of Years Old Found in Our Galaxy's 'Thick Disk', Study Says
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Andrei Dergalin
16 January 2021, 12:24 GMT
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Scientists Determine Lava Planet May Have Supersonic Winds, Atmosphere of Vaporized Rock
A close up of lava from an eruption on Holuhraun, northwest of the Dyngjujoekull glacier in Iceland, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Lava fountains danced along a lengthy volcanic fissure near Iceland's subglacial Bardarbunga volcano Sunday, prompting authorities to raise the aviation warning code to the highest level and close the surrounding airspace. The warning was lowered 12 hours later as visibility improved and it was clear that no volcanic ash was detected. - Sputnik International
5 November 2020, 19:14 GMT
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Researchers Tap Hubble Telescope for Closer Look at Rare Asteroid Worth $10,000 Quadrillion
The massive asteroid 16 Psyche is the subject of a new study by SwRI scientist Tracy Becker, who observed the object at ultraviolet wavelengths. - Sputnik International
Evan Craighead
30 October 2020, 19:43 GMT
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Nowhere to Hide: Elusive Small Rogue Planet Candidate Detected in the Depths of Space
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Andrei Dergalin
29 October 2020, 16:40 GMT
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Asteroid Potentially ‘Bigger Than London Bridge’ on Course to Intersect Earth’s Orbit
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Lilia Dergacheva
14 September 2020, 12:38 GMT
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It’s Raining Gems! ‘Diamond Rain’ That Falls on Neptune and Uranus Finally Explained
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30 June 2020, 11:58 GMT
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Titanium, Aluminium Oxides Could Be Pouring Down on Supermassive Hot Jupiters, Study Reveals
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Lilia Dergacheva
9 June 2020, 09:51 GMT
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This Week in Pictures: 23 - 29 May
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29 May 2020, 15:11 GMT
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Suspected Tiny Moon 'Spotted on the Outskirts of Solar System'
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22 May 2020, 12:37 GMT
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Possible First-Ever Evidence of Baby Planet's Birth Discovered – Report
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20 May 2020, 14:05 GMT
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Star Wars Coming True? ’One-in-a-Million’ Planet Find Raises Chances of New Distant Habitable World
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15 May 2020, 14:11 GMT
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Super-Earth or Sub-Neptune? New Exoplanet Found Via Intricate Observation Technique
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12 May 2020, 18:29 GMT
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Truck-Sized Asteroid Avoids Detection Ahead of Near-Record Close Flyby Over Earth
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6 May 2020, 22:13 GMT
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Photo: NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Receives Wheels, Parachute Ahead of July Launch
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6 April 2020, 22:39 GMT
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New Method to Hunt for Exoplanets Using Radio Waves Devised by Astronomers, Yields First Results
This NASA artist's concept shows the Galileo spacecraft flying by Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (L) and the gigantic planet (R). - Sputnik International
2 March 2020, 12:32 GMT
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Astronomy Student Discovers 17 New Planets, Including Earth-Like One
NASA’s Kepler space telescope team has identified 219 new planet candidates, 10 of which are near-Earth size and in the habitable zone of their star - Sputnik International
28 February 2020, 22:13 GMT
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US Scientists Discover Closest-Known Newborn Massive Planet
Artist's conception of a massive planet orbiting a cool, young star. In the case of the system discovered by RIT astronomers, the planet is 10 times more massive than Jupiter, and the orbit of the planet around its host star is nearly 600 times that of Earth around the sun. - Sputnik International
12 February 2020, 21:18 GMT
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What If… Did Planet-Scale Catastrophes Give Humankind a Chance?
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10 February 2020, 00:57 GMT
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'Does it Have Oil?' Internet Explodes Into Memes as NASA Finds First Potentially Habitable Planet
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Svetlana Ekimenko
7 January 2020, 13:34 GMT
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