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Newly discovered 9th planet so far it takes 10,000 years to orbit the sun: Scientists
Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be ...
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What we know about the Soviet spacecraft returning to Earth this week
During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 1970s, the USSR launched 29 spacecraft towards Venus, the planet ...
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Stadium-sized asteroid to pass by Earth
Space agencies deem there is no risk of collision with Earth The post Stadium-sized asteroid to pass by Earth appeared first ...
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In a billion years: Earth's fate under a changing Sun
Scientists from NASA and Toho University in Japan predict that Earth will become uninhabitable in about a billion years. The ...
Elon Musk wants SpaceX to target Mars because 'life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun'
Elon Musk said in an interview this week with Fox News host Jesse Watters that his focus on Mars has to do with ensuring ...
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Old Soviet Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no ordinary space junk crash. Here's why
The probe launched toward the second planet from the sun in 1972 but never got there; its rocket suffered an anomaly, ...
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Earth's orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse.
Ever since the Space Age dawned in the late 1950s, humans have been filling the skies with trash. The accumulation of dead ...
What to Know About The Soviet-Era Venus Spacecraft Plunging Back to Earth
Launched in 1972, the failed Venus probe has been stuck in Earth orbit ever since. Now it's hurtling back down to Earth.
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What we know about the Soviet spacecraft returning to Earth this week
Three flew past Venus and went into orbit around the Sun. Sixteen orbited or landed on Venus, where they experienced a climate often described as “hellish”. Ten got stuck in Earth orbit.