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Japan's lowest flying satellite hit a Guinness record
Flying in orbit just 167.4 km from the ground, Japan's Tsubame satellite has just been recognized by the world record book as the lowest orbiting satellite.
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Phosphine gas could be the key to determining alien life
Phosphine is a chemical compound between phosphorus and hydrogen, the chemical formula is PH₃. This is a colorless, very poisonous gas with a garlic smell. Recently scie…
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Four thousand-year-old remains buried with a yellow hat
Archaeologists have discovered four thousand-year-old remains buried with a gold hat.
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Why does the position of the constellations change over time?
In the nights when the moon is dark, the sky is clear, and standing still, you will see stars flashing in the black sky.
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Experimenting with 13,000-year-old ash and ash, scientists investigated why volcanic lightning formed
Researchers learn about the most dangerous natural phenomena on Earth but are also breathtakingly beautiful.
Space science
3 astronomical events starting the new decade 2020
Meteor shower, Wolf Moon and New Moon are 3 astronomical phenomena that will appear in January 2020.
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Astronauts welcome the New Year 2020 in space
People living on earth aren't the only ones counting down the time to welcome the New Year 2020 at midnight. Six orbiting explorers also celebrated the arrival of the ne…
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What is sodium cyanide?
Like potassium cyanide, sodium cyanide is considered to be extremely toxic, just a small amount can kill an adult in a snap.
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NASA released a new photo of a mysterious Aboriginal carving in Australia
The US space and space agency (NASA) has just released a new image of Marree Man, a giant drawing in South Australia that has puzzled scientists for decades.
Archeology
How did the ancient fish Tiktaalik roseae walk on the ground?
Fossils of ancient fish Tiktaalik roseae from about 375 million years ago show their fins shaped like the sole of the foot to be placed on the bottom of a river or strea…
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Discover 1,200 year old gold coins in Israel
Initial examination results show that one of these currencies is the gold dinar circulated under the reign of the Muslim King Harun al-Rashid.
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The mystery of the lake gave birth to our oldest ancestor
Materials that account for 1% of the modern human body, important for creating the first life on earth have been found in mysterious lakes in the US, India and Kenya.
Animal world
Why are you lazy ... lazy? The reason turned out to be more interesting than we thought
If a sloth does not win the champion, then no one dares to accept the number 2. But why would they choose such a strange lifestyle?
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2020: From Vietnam contemplate 3 times of lunar eclipse, 1 eclipse
The latest lunar eclipse is on the upcoming 11/1 but not the familiar blood moon but a semi-dark lunar eclipse.
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Discovered 'gas planet' 464 times larger than Earth
NASA's alien world hunter TESS continues to discover two giant planets, where one year is only 1.64 to 3.7 Earth days long.