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Strange tree known as king of wood, harder than steel, bulletproof
Even when shot with a bullet, the bullet hitting the tree only leaves a faint mark, unable to be shaken.
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Why can black holes bend space-time?
Black holes are one of the most fascinating objects in the universe, but human understanding of black holes still has many aspects that cannot be clearly answered.
Space science
Can Europe's Large Hadron Collider create black holes?
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is known as one of the largest and most complex scientific experimental facilities in human history.
Space science
European-American observatory catches unprecedented terrifying signal
The two observatories Chandra and XMM-Newton have
Space science
What would you see if you fell into a black hole?
A black hole is an extremely dense celestial body whose gravitational pull is so great that even light cannot escape from it, hence the name.
Space science
Two black holes closest to Earth discovered, of a kind never seen before
Two black holes lurking in Earth's backyard, just 1,560 and 3,800 light-years away, represent a type astronomers have never seen before.
Space science
Launched from a black hole, the terrifying 'blue dragon' makes everything explode
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a monstrous object 3,000 light years long, born from a monster black hole.
Space science
Spacecraft catches strange signal: New record for 'space death'!
Confusing data from the Gaia spacecraft may reveal one of the most sought-after types of objects in the Milky Way.
Space science
13.8 billion year old 'ghost' pierces the Solar System
Objects born in the first second after the Big Bang could have just whizzed past and shaken planets in the Solar System.
Space science
NASA captures the 'immortal god of death' of the universe
Scientists detected unusual signals that resembled flashing lights,
Animal world
This extremely rare dolphin is actually on the verge of extinction, with less than 10 left in the world.
The tragedy of this dolphin species - like many others - comes from humans.
Oceanography
Rare super black fish swim at a depth of nearly 800m
Scientists recorded an ultra-black anglerfish with the ability to absorb at least 99.5% of light in the deep sea off the coast of California.
Space science
Find the 'highway' straight into the space-time tear
The hypothetical structure mentioned by Einstein in 1915 has been confirmed in a space-time tear 10,000 light years away from us.
Space science
Discovered 16 ancient super black holes bombarding the universe
A team of astronomers has investigated where powerful beams from these 10 billion-year-old black holes have been and are heading.