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Why Is Everyone Talking About The "Square Structure" Captured On Mars?
Every now and then, robots on the surface of Mars, or the spacecraft orbiting the planet, send back some fascinating images ...
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Six epic translation fails
It all started when Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli began mapping the Red Planet, and labelled grooves on its surface as “canali”, meaning “channels” in Italian. But, with the ...
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Life on Mars
In the 19th century, the idea of men on Mars took off after astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli observed straight lines on Mars, which he called canali. This means channels, but it was wrongly ...
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Six Things You Didn’t Know About The Perseids Meteor Shower, Which Peaks This Weekend
The link between the frequently observed meteor shower and 109P/Swift–Tuttle wasn’t made until 1862 by Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli. ForbesWhere To See The Perseid Meteor Shower At ...
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Pietro Greco. Schiaparelli e i canali di Marte
Le parole posso fare male. Soprattutto quando vengono tradotte. Pensiamo a quanto è successo a un grande astronomo italiano, Giovanni Schiaparelli, direttore dell’Osservatorio di Brera, che alla fine ...