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Many space objects remain undiscovered and some of them pose a threat to the Earth. Astrophysicist Victor Teifel says it is time to build a special station for detection of asteroids in Kazakhstan.

• 15 декабря 2014, 13:11

Four OSCE observers who were abducted on May 26 by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have been freed and have arrived at a hotel in Donetsk, a separatist leader said.

• 27 июня 2014, 12:42

Astronomers have spotted the largest yellow star ever observed in our galaxy and 1,300 times larger than the sun.

• 13 марта 2014, 17:39

A "dust trap" surrounding a young star could help explain how planets are formed.

• 07 июня 2013, 13:47

A closely tracked asteroid, about 150-feet (45-meters) wide, whizzed safely past Earth on Friday, the same day a much smaller, previously undetected meteor hit Russia.

• 17 февраля 2013, 14:05

Astronomers in Chile using a powerful telescope have observed what appears to be evidence of the existence of dark galaxies, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced Wednesday.

• 13 июля 2012, 12:26

Kazakhstan will rent Russian telescope Spektr-UF to be launched in space in 2016.

• 15 июня 2012, 16:18