Pluto's icy mountains and plains captured by the New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015 ❄️

The spacecraft was about 18,000 kilometres away from Pluto, about 15 minutes after its maximum approach to the dwarf planet.

Neptune has made only one revolution around the Sun since its discovery

Neptune is the most distant planet in the solar system. It was discovered in 1846. It was the first planet discovered using maths: astronomers noticed that Uranus had deviated from its calculated orbit, which allowed them to assume the existence of another planet and then find it.
An orbital year lasts 164.8 Earth years

The sizes of the planets, Sun and Moon visible from Earth

How flames behave in microgravity conditions

Understanding fire behaviour in weightlessness is critical to astronaut safety and spacecraft design

Flying over the boundary of day and night on the International Space Station

Incredible view of Earth from orbit

On the 3rd of June, you will be able to see the "big Planet Parade"

At this time 6 planets will line up in a straight line and will be visible in the sky. Mars, Mercury and Jupiter can be seen with the naked eye, and the rest - with a telescope. The key is to start observing an hour before dawn.

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🌔 🚀 China has announced the successful landing of its Chang'e-6 probe on the back side of the Moon

The apparatus is equipped with a drill and a robotic arm, and will collect soil samples on the moon after landing.

Xinhua News Agency notes that if the mission is successful, China will become the first country in the world to deliver samples from the Moon's back side to Earth.