Opportunistic bacterial pathogens, including those linked to inflammations or skin irritations, have been found living on the International Space Station, according to a study conducted by the U.S. space agency NASA. "Where there are ...
Chile's ALMA observatory says it is joining forces with other space observatories around the world to create a virtual earth-sized telescope capable of visualizing objects on the moon. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ...
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Global mean temperature at the Earth's surface is set to reach one degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels this year. The data was released by Britain's Met Office on Monday. Director of the Met Office Hadley Center, Stephen Belcher, ...
The 60th international book fair opened in Belgrade on Sunday with Russia as the guest of honor and the participation of some 500 exhibitors, of which 67 come from outside Serbia. The fair was opened with speeches by Russian historian and ...
The International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday received its first U.S. shipment, including food and Christmas presents, since two private U.S. space firms each recently suffered a failure on their cargo delivery missions, U.S. space ...
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NASA's Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft has gathered new evidence which scientists say appears to prove its the sun that has been robbing the red planet of its atmosphere and water. Researchers say solar winds are still stripping Mars of ...
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NASA has documented a solar storm blasting away Mars' atmosphere. The event provides an important clue as to how water disappeared from the planet. NASA said on Thursday its Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft caught such a storm on March 8. ...
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The first Briton on board the International Space Station, Tim Peake, has been giving his initial impressions of space during a news conference. He arrived on the space station just three days ago with two other astronauts, one from Russia ...
U.S. space agency NASA said Tuesday it has suspended the planned launch of a Mars lander called InSight in March 2016 due to unsuccessful attempts to repair a leak in a French-built seismological instrument. "The bottom line is that we're ...
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A new Chinese-made space-based telescope tasked with searching for signs of "dark matter" has formally begun its mission, beaming its first set of data to ground stations on Thursday. The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Satellite, ...
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China sents into space the country's first Dark Matter Particle Explorer Satellite on Thursday. [Photo: weibo.com] China on Thursday sent into space the country's first space telescope in a fresh search for signals of dark matter, ...
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A tomb found by archaeologists which has a history of 2300 years in Shandong.[File Photo] What did ancient Chinese do for fun? Obviously they couldn't surf the Internet or watch TV; in fact, ancient Chinese had many kinds of board and ...
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Qiandongnan's Xijiang village, the country's largest ethnic Miao community. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY It is like taking a walk back in time. Women from the Dong ethnic group in the 800-year-old Huanggang village are dyeing shiny traditional ...
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Anheuser-Busch has launched Best Damn Brewing Co., a brand platform to introduce Best Damn Root Beer. On shelves now, Best Damn Root Beer is the brand's first mission released nationally and the first hard root beer produced by ...
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Chinese community and local Brazilians pose for a group photo after a lion dance performance. [File photo] There has been a long tradition that Chinese people and British people are interested in each other's culture. The two countries ...
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