Archeology
New tiny human bones were discovered in Palau
Thousands of human bones of many individuals have been discovered in the Pacific island nation of Palau. Some bones are quite ancient and show that people in this area h…
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Residents of the South Pacific region originated from Vietnam?
Scientists from Durham University and Oxford University (UK) have studied the DNA of wild boar and hog pigs in the South Pacific and raised new hypotheses about the orig…
Archeology
Ancient crocodiles swim like fish
Fossils of a massive amphibian with crocodile body and fish tail have been unearthed in Oregon, USA. Scientists believe that the body of the creature has been moved in t…
Archeology
Discovered a new crustacean in the Pacific
The French Institute for Development Research (IRD) has said that it has been discovered in the Pacific ocean of Corail a new crustacean named Neoglyphea neocaledonica,…
Archeology
Dinosaurs fell toes in the Pacific Ocean
The first evidence of the existence of terrestrial dinosaurs that once dominated the remote islands of the South Pacific. Dr. Jeffrey Stilwell, paleontologist at Monash…
Archeology
The secret behind the mummy of ancient children in Chile
Living in a barren desert north of Chile's Pacific coast more than 7,000 years ago, the Chinchorro tribe began mysteriously embalming children's carcasses - removing org…
Space science
Astronaut shooting super typhoon sweeping the Pacific Ocean
Astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) observed and recorded the most dramatic images of the storm that was supposed to be the largest in 2017, up to the…
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What happens when a meteorite is
Apophis meteorite, 370m in diameter, can fall into the Pacific Ocean by 2036, having 65,000 times the impact of Hiroshima's atomic bomb.
Space science
The Falcon-9 boosters landed on the launch in the sea failed
SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket (USA) on January 17 after launching and sending Jason-3 satellite into orbit and returning to Earth, straightening down on a deck outside the Pa…
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Russian satellites are about to fall to Earth
An old reconnaissance satellite will ignite when approaching the Earth's atmosphere tomorrow, expecting debris to fall into the Pacific Ocean.
Space science
The ship Albert Einstein caught fire on the Pacific Ocean
Europe's fourth transport spacecraft carries a record volume of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) that has ended its five-month mission by burning in the da…
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Earth used to catch supernova dust
The specimen taken from the Pacific shelf may hold evidence of a distant supernova explosion, which rained high-energy particles on Earth several million years ago.
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China expanded its location services throughout Asia
China's navigation system began providing global positioning services in the Asia-Pacific region from yesterday.
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New hypothesis about Ice Age
The giant meteorite that hit Earth 2.5 million years ago may have triggered a tsunami on a large scale and pushed the world into the Ice Age.
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Russian spacecraft 'resting' in the Pacific Ocean
Russia's unmanned space transport ship Progress M-15M has ended its mission to bring goods to supply to the International Space Station (ISS) after being sunk in the Sou…