Space science
NASA is about to launch a spacecraft to study black holes
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket will carry NASA spacecraft and X-ray polarization observatory to observe the black hole in 2021.
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The ancient tower in the heart of the city hung over 5,500 telephone wires
Telefontornet tower, built in the 19th century in Stockholm, used to be a center for hanging bunches of cables with a total length of 5,000 km.
Oceanography
The 5 reasons why killer whales are 'cold-blooded' geniuses of the ocean
They are not only strong, intelligent, agile, clever, but also possess an admirable kind of love in the natural world.
Archeology
The Egyptian queen hidden in the tomb of another grave?
Archaeologists from Egypt and the United Kingdom have discovered the secret system in King Tut's famous tomb, which can hide the remains of the famous queen Nefertiti.
Archeology
The discovery of 200 million year old fossil fish in China
The team's findings help to reconstruct and make a complete evolutionary scheme of subspecies of whole bones.
Space science
Super dust storm 'devour' neighbor Earth?
ESA has discovered that super dust storms appear near Mars' Arctic and can completely swallow this planet again.
Space science
Japanese explorer ship collects rock samples from Ryugu asteroid
JAXA said the country's Hayabusa 2 explorer ship began the process of landing at the Ryugu asteroid ...
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Detection of radiation leaking from Russian submarines at the bottom of the Arctic
The Komsomolets submarine sinking in 1989 killed 42 sailors as the Soviet tragedy's most tragic accident, researchers found radioactive leaks.
Oceanography
Mysterious deep-sea shark older than dinosaurs
Researchers have captured the mysterious cow shark through a seabed video camera.
Space science
The uncertain future of the ISS space station when NASA returns to the Moon
The 18-year-old International Space Station (International Space Station) is operating in a harsh space environment and spending billions of dollars each year to operate.
Animal world
The 41,000-year-old worm is resurrecting from ice
The multicellular bacteria and animals are gradually recovering when the polar ice begins to melt. One of the specimens has a life expectancy of up to 41,000 years.
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Detecting asteroids has the least number of days in the year
Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology have discovered an unusual small planet, with
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Quantum teleport a photon carrying information into the gap between the diamond
This may be the foundation for building an absolute secure quantum information network.
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At the moment when lightning struck the sailboat, it created a fireball
Large fireballs accompanied by a tremendous explosion like a bomb appeared after a moment when lightning struck the sailboat in a thunderstorm.
Archeology
Detecting ancient human remains 1.8 million years in Indonesia
The fossil skeleton of the ancient Homo erectus (vertical walker) whose age surpassed all of the previous 'predecessors' was discovered by Indonesian archaeologists in t…