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Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks
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Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese lunar capsule returned to Earth on Thursday with the first fresh rock samples from the…
Low-cost Moon mission puts India among lunar pioneers
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Low-cost Moon mission puts India among lunar pioneers

India will step up the international space race on Monday when it launches a low-cost mission to become only the…
Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System
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Mercury mission to explore origin of Solar System

  Is Mercury’s core liquid or solid, and why — on the smallest planet in our solar system — is…
Pluto’s largest moon likely fractured by sub-surface ocean: NASA
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Pluto’s largest moon likely fractured by sub-surface ocean: NASA

Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto's moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since…
Scientists find earth-like planet near solar system
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Scientists find earth-like planet near solar system

Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered an earth-like planet orbiting a star relatively near the solar system.It’s an exciting find…
NASA published 4K footage of the sun
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NASA published 4K footage of the sun

The NASA Space agency has shared an ultra high-definition one minute video of the sun taken by the agency’s Solar…
Two more planets in our Solar System, say astronomers
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Two more planets in our Solar System, say astronomers

The Solar System has at least two more planets waiting to be discovered beyond the orbit of Pluto, Spanish and…
Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems
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Kepler telescope team finds 11 new solar systems

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has found 11 new planetary systems, including one with five planets all orbiting closer to…
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