The legendary probe will remain forever in our hearts. The world says goodbye to the apparatus Cassini, which was launched in 1997 in the framework of the mission “Cassini-Huygens” and the last 13 years have explored Saturn and its surroundings, providing earthlings with pictures of the planet and its satellites. …
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The Cassini spacecraft on 15 September completed its mission and burned up in the atmosphere of Saturn. The device launched in 1997, in 2004 it reached the planet’s orbit. The next 13 years, Cassini has sent to Earth the most unusual photos of the planet. During its mission, Cassini made …
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Undocking the American space truck from the ISS took place today around noon.Us space truck Dragon left the ISS about six hours ago, splashed down in the Pacific ocean, according to the official Twitter account of the company SpaceX, which belongs to the apparatus. “Confirmed the successful splashdown of the …
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A celestial body is practically reflects sunlight. Researchers at McGill University and Exeter University have discovered unusual properties of the exoplanet WASP-12b, which, as it turned out, almost did not reflect the sunlight. Article on this subject was published in the scientific journal Astrophysical Journal Letters. Planet, according to astronomers, …
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Hurricane sealed during the attack on Florida. NASA zapechatlena hurricane “Irma” from the satellite at the moment when it hit Florida (USA). This was reported on the website of the Observatory of NASA. Also on his page on the social network Facebook NASA showed the latest data and the image …
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The professors were able to shed light on the structure of brown dwarfs. Dim astronomical objects called brown dwarfs, less massive than our Sun but more massive gas giant Jupiter. They have the atmosphere with strong winds and massive clouds spotted form and consisting mainly of droplets of molten iron …
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Soon can happen real boom in space development because of this achievement. One company made a revolutionary achievement that is so unfair, few people noticed. She has successfully used a 3D printer in the extreme conditions close to space, and in an environment of almost complete vacuum printed with it, …
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China swung to reproduce the “warrior planet” on the Ground China wants to create a copy of Mars on the Tibetan plateau. The ambitious project will cost the Republic more than $ 60 million. “Simulated Mars station” with an area of 95 thousand square kilometers, will be simulated in Qinghai …
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The speed of the hurricane Irma reached 280 kilometers per hour. NASA showed how it looks from space a powerful hurricane Irma, whose speed has already reached 280 kilometers per hour. The NASA website States that the hurricane has the fifth highest category.
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The conquest of space has always been associated with big risks. History of the conquest of space and has a tragic side. During space flights, in preparations or in case of unsuccessful rocket launches has killed at least 330 people. The 10 largest cosmic catastrophes, some of them changed the …
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