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Earth survived near-miss from 2012 solar storm: NASA
Back in 2012, the Sun erupted with a powerful solar storm that just missed the Earth but was big enough to "knock modern civilization back to the 18th century," NASA said.
The extreme space weather that tore through Earth's orbit on July 23, 2012, was the most powerful in 150 years, according to a statement posted on the US space agency website Wednesday.
NASA launches carbon-tracking satellite
NASA on Wednesday launched a satellite designed to track carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that is responsible for global warming.
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 took off aboard a Delta 2 rocket at 2:56 am Pacific time (0956 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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NASA snaps cosmic color portrait 'and then some'
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Russia's ISS Cooperation with US 'Pointless' - Deputy PM
Russia does not see a point to take part in the International Space Station (ISS) after 2020, Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin said.
He explained Moscow does not need continued cooperation on the project after 2020, when the country's commitments expire, as the ISS "would absorb 1/3 of the budget of [space company] Roskosmos".
NASA Suspends Cooperation With Russia, Except On Space Station
NASA has cut ties with Russia except for cooperation aboard the International Space Station due to the crisis in Ukraine, the US space agency said.
Bulgarian Students Awarded NASA Space Settlement Contest Grand Prize
Bulgarian high school students have won NASA's Grand Prize in the 2014 Space Settlement Contest.
Nedelcho Laskov, Ivan Popov, Atanas Kovachev and their teachers from Varna have created an innovative project called Green Space, inspired by the ideas of Greenpeace.