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EU’s Copernicus programme to launch first Sentinel satellite

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The EU is set to launch the first satellite of its ambitious civilian Earth-monitoring programme, Copernicus, on April 3. The

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Move over Saturn, scientists find rings around miniature planet

March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 VOANews final frontier

Whenever you think of a planet with rings around it, Saturn probably comes to mind first. Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune

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NASA finds ‘planet bonanza’ of 715 new worlds

February 27, 2014February 27, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

NASA’s Kepler mission said on February 26 2014 that it had found 715 new planets. These newly-verified worlds orbit 305

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Triple-star system may answer questions about gravity

January 7, 2014January 7, 2014 VOANews final frontier

The discovery of a three-star system may yield clues that help scientists define the true nature of gravity. The system, which

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Data shows universe could collapse any minute

December 17, 2013December 18, 2013 VOANews final frontier

Our universe is at even greater risk of collapse than has been previously thought, according physicists in Denmark. Not only are the

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Geminid meteor shower will brighten skies on December 14

December 12, 2013December 15, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The Geminid meteor shower, one of the most intense annual showers that can be observed in the northern hemisphere, will

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Scientists: No sign of comet after trip around Sun

November 29, 2013November 29, 2013 VOANews final frontier

Scientists say the comet ISON’s five-million-year journey from the far reaches of the solar system has apparently ended in a

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Image captures Saturn, Mars, Earth and Venus

November 13, 2013November 13, 2013 VOANews final frontier

If you were to travel to Saturn and look back toward Earth, this is what you would have seen this

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Study finds billions of Earth-like planets

November 6, 2013November 6, 2013 Rick Pantaleo of VOANews final frontier

Astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Hawaii, Manoa say that based on new analysis of Kepler

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