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Two school girls discover a new asteroid making way to Earth
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Asteroid 2020 ND Live Updates: Huge ‘potentially dangerous’ asteroid move past Earth today
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China launches independent, unmanned Mars mission
China's probe will carry several scientific instruments to observe the planet's atmosphere and surface, searching for signs of water and ice.
Venus has 37 active volcanic structures, scientists find
The researchers during the study hunted for young coronae in the imagery of Venus' surface captured by spacecraft like NASA's Magellan probe, which orbited Venus from 1990 to 1994.
NASA warns of huge asteroid approaching Earth on July 24
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UAE’s historic Hope Mars Mission: All you need to know
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Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraft
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Rare comet NEOWISE will be visible in India from July 14 for 20 days: Odisha planetarium head
NEOWISE is currently hurtling through space nearly 200 million kilometres away from the Earth. On July 22, it will come closest to our planet and India will be able to witness it from July 14.
Comet streaking past Earth, providing spectacular show
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Curosity Mars Rover’s road trip kicks off, aims to uncover reason behind Red Planet’s climate
As the road trip kicked off on July 6, Curiosity Mars Rover sent a few images of the next destination. The plan is to avoid getting stuck in a vast patch of sand before it moves to the next part of the mission, a mountain called Mount Sharp
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