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Archive for the ‘Astronomy’ Category

13-year-old boy corrects NASA… but is he correct?

By Antonio Marques • Apr 16th, 2008

13-year-old boy corrected NASA on estimates of asteroid Apophis colliding with Earth. But did he?



50 Years of Space Exploration. And What Next?

By Antonio Marques • Oct 4th, 2007

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Space Exploration. On the October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union, using a modified R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, launched into space the first artificial object to orbit Earth: Sputnik. But after 50 years, what comes next?