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Unexpected discovery of what makes life on Earth
Nestled in the deep sea, the witch of nature - the element that turns chaotic precursor molecules into the building blocks of life - still exists today.
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A day is never 24 hours
People have long divided 1 day into 24 equal parts, which is the length of an hour. However, in fact, one day never gets 24 hours.
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The core of the Earth leaked more than 2.5 billion years ago, what is happening?
This finding addresses the debate that has been going on for decades: Does the core and the underlying coating exchange any material with the surface of the Earth?
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What needs to go to the moon when there are so many 'miraculous things' on Earth?
Make sure, every 100% real thing, phenomenon or person that you see below is 'magic' no less than any science fiction movie!
Environment
Taiwan is shaken by an earthquake of 6 degrees
An earthquake of about 6 degrees shook the buildings in Taipei earlier this morning, there were no reports of damage and casualties.
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Discover new gold form in the center of Earth
This new finding is expected to impact many current experiments using gold as the standard.
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India's Moon probe sends the first image to Earth
Images captured by Vikram landing gear via Camera LI4 lens equipped on India's Chandrayaan-2 on August 3.
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The Israeli explorer crashed into the surface of the Moon, accidentally leaving this Earth creature
An animal with extremely strong vitality.
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Recycle space waste, impossible thought possible!
Not only littering the natural environment on the ground, we also leave plenty of 'imprint of the civilized world' outside the universe.
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Nearly 600 meters asteroid will fly over Earth next week
The 2006 asteroid QQ23 will fly over the Earth on August 10 with an estimated diameter of 570 meters, longer than the Empire State Building in the US.
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Is there a 2nd Earth, only 31 light-years away?
GJ 357 d has a temperature of about 18 degrees Celsius, completing an orbit around its star of 55.7 days.
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SpaceX missiles break the sound wall, landing on the ground
The first floor of the Falcon 9 missile returned to Earth after taking the Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) on July 25.
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The moon is older than we thought
The specimens collected by Apollo astronauts in the 60s and 70s show that the Moon is older than we often think.
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Earth Overshoot Day - the time when humanity abused resources exceeded Earth's recovery threshold
July 29 marked an extremely disturbing day for our Earth - Earth Day exceeds the threshold (Earth Overshoot Day - EOD).
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Discover 3 extremely rare extrasolar planets only 73 light-years from Earth
We may have discovered thousands of exoplanets, but the system is only 73 light-years away, making scientists extremely excited.