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What happens if a rogue planet collides with Earth?
A collision with a rogue planet would destroy Earth completely. Its mere presence in the Solar System would also change the orbits of all the planets.
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Why do Chinese people break an earthen pot before raising the coffin to bury it?
Every action in funeral culture has a profound meaning that even the person performing it may not fully understand.
Space science
Mysterious ghostly phenomenon in Earth's orbit
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen on December 5 filmed a mysterious and creepy phenomenon called
Space science
Science reassesses possibility of asteroid Apophis hitting Earth
According to the latest observations and calculations, there is still a certain risk that asteroid Apophis will change its orbit and hit Earth in 2029.
Environment
Earth has just fallen into a 'danger zone' unprecedented in 2 million years
A shocking report has just been released by a special advisory panel of the United Nations, which warns of a series of disasters threatening the Earth, including
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What happens when oxygen drops to zero on Earth?
After the oxygen disappears, a completely different Earth will be born. It is a world filled with methane, low CO2 levels and no ozone layer.
Oceanography
How many oceans are there on earth?
Does the Earth have 1, 4 or 5 oceans? This seems like a simple question, but the answer is still not agreed upon by scientists.
Oceanography
Amazing facts about the Challenger Deep, the deepest place on Earth
Just as the Earth's land surface has huge peaks and valleys, the ocean world has similarly varied terrain.
Archeology
Earthquake causes 1.3-ton treasure to appear in the middle of university
A terrifying and enormous treasure from the ancient Aztec civilization has emerged after an earthquake damaged a building on a university campus in Mexico City.
Space science
The Deadly Truth About How the Earth May Have Come to Be
An Earth twice as large is impossible, because astronomers have just found a dead planet desert.
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Discovery of a space 'monster' that almost knocked the Earth off its feet
The chilling discovery of a huge amount of radioactive aluminium hitting the Solar System 4.6 billion years ago suggests the baby Earth had a narrow escape.
Space science
Discover the secrets that protect Earth from cosmic chaos
A new analysis of chaos in the solar system has revealed how planetary collisions were avoided for billions of years.
Space science
Floating 'space ocean' discovered, with 3 times more water than Earth
In the place where one or more planets may be forming, astronomers have found three times more water than Earth's oceans combined.
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'Signs of life' found 1,000 light years from Earth
NASA's Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope has picked up the signal of tryptophan in the middle of a