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Russia: NATO begins nuclear exercises

Belgium (AP) — As tensions over the conflict in Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin's warning to take whatever measures necessary to preserve Russian territory rise, NATO started its long-anticipated yearly nuclear drills on Monday in northwest Europe.The exercises, ....

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NASA launches mini satellite to return to the moon

NASA launched a nanosatellite, barely larger than a microwave oven, into space on Tuesday as part of a landmark mission to return humans to the moon.A rocket carrying the tiny CAPSTONE module successfully launched from New Zealand's eastern Mahia Peninsula in a deafening explosion and a ba ....

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Sky & Telescope proclaims that planets will align in June

 According to Sky & Telescope, stargazers around the world will witness a rare celestial treat in June. Just before the sun rises, five planets line up in rare conjunction in the night sky. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will stretch across the sky from deep in the east to high ....

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Scientists say moon soil can be used to grow plants

For the first time in history, scientists have managed to grow plants on lunar soil that the Apollo astronauts brought from the moon fifty years ago. NASA's Artemis mission plans to return humans to the moon by 2025. It would be the first manned moon landing mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. In ad ....

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Here's what will happen when SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon

It's not often that the sudden appearance of a new impact crater on the Moon can be predicted, but it’s going to happen on March 4, when a derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into it.The rocket launched in 2015, carrying Nasa’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DS ....