Oceanography
Millions of strange blue creatures wash up on American shores
Millions of strange blue creatures have washed up on rocky beaches from Oregon to California (USA) this spring, surprising many tourists.
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Archeology
Mysterious face among 7,000 terracotta warriors: Appears for 5 minutes, 'disappears' immediately after excavation
This statue is unique among the 7,000 statues of soldiers and horses in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
Archeology
Find out where Homo sapiens mixed blood from different species
A very special land in the Middle East witnessed a particularly important turning point in the migration and evolutionary history of our species Homo sapiens.
Archeology
Found a giant sword 2.37m long in the ancient capital of Japan
The sword excavated from the Tomiomaruyama Kofun burial mound, Japan impressed archaeologists because of its length and unprecedented design.
Archeology
Laos continuously discovered Buddha statues believed to date back hundreds of years
During the process of clearing mines left over from the war, a demining team accidentally discovered a warehouse of 51 small statues in Kherng village, Phoukoud district…
Archeology
Discovering another human's 300,000-year-old weapon workshop in Germany
The weapons found in Germany reveal the shocking level of technology of another human species at a time when Homo sapiens was new.
Space science
Detection of never-before-seen 'pre-solar particles' falling in Antarctica
A speck of dust from an ancient meteorite that fell on Antarctica is described as
Space science
NASA found a malfunction on a spacecraft 24 billion km away
Voyager 1 has been transmitting meaningless data since late November last year because a chip on board could have been hit by a high-energy particle.
Space science
An extrasolar planet has a 'rainbow' similar to Earth
A special phenomenon seemingly unique to Earth was suddenly discovered on a distant planet in the constellation Pisces.
Space science
The Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed on Earth, the 33-year-old female astronaut made history
The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carried Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya.
Space science
The longest total solar eclipse in history is about to appear
The longest total solar eclipse ever recorded took place more than 2,700 years ago, lasting 7 minutes and 28 seconds, just a few seconds short of maximum.
Space science
The first and only total solar eclipse of 2024
The total solar eclipse will appear from the Pacific coast of Mexico at 11:07 PDT on April 8 (1:07 April 9 Hanoi time), considered the longest on land in more than a dec…
Space science
The mystery of the origin of the universe: Can each black hole give birth to a baby universe and do we live in a black hole?
Is our universe a black hole? This is a difficult question to answer accurately, however many astronomical phenomena show that this statement is not impossible.
Space science
An event that happens once every 80 years in the sky, can it be seen with the naked eye?
A large explosion between two stars will occur between now and September. This is a rare astronomical event, and only happens about once every 80 years.