Ultra-light planet found outside Solar System
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has discovered what appears to be the lightest planet ever to be directly observed outside
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Asteroid 1998 QE2 to make close encounter
A 2.7-kilometer-wide asteroid will pass within 5.8 million kilometers of Earth on Friday, May 31, and while it poses no
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On World No-Tobacco Day, Bulgaria faces new smoking ban debate
As annual World No-Tobacco Day is marked on May 31 2013, with the World Health Organisation and European Union among
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Bulgaria’s Gabrovo Observatory to monitor rare planetary show by Jupiter, Venus and Mercury on May 28
The planets Jupiter, Venus and Mercury will be performing a shell game of sorts in the evening sky. On the
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Telescopes spot colliding galaxies
Astronomers have gotten a rare glimpse of two distant and ancient galaxies merging. The galaxies, called HXMM01, are about 11
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Russia Watch: Dagestan – Russia’s wild but beguiling southern frontier
Journalists love superlatives, and Russia’s southernmost republic, Dagestan, obliges. Of Russia’s 83 regions, Dagestan last year recorded the highest level
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Cameron: Murder in London appears to have been a terrorist attack
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the brutal murder of a man in London Wednesday appears to be a terrorist
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US sees ‘climate of intolerance’ on global religious freedom
The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a “climate
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Astronomers awaiting Comet ISON’s year-end spectacular
Excitement has been growing in recent months over the approach of Comet ISON. Like other comets, this chunk of rock
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