Archeology
Found footprints of people who lived 800,000 years ago
British scientists have found one of the oldest human footprints on the planet in eastern England.
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Archeology
Find the ancestors of the planet's largest carnivores
Scientists have found fossils of a new shark that is believed to be the true ancestor of the white shark - the planet's largest predatory shark.
Archeology
Decode the way of eating the longest dinosaurs on the planet
Scientists believe that, by clamping a giant jaw into the tree branch and plucking the leaves, a Diplodocus dinosaur, longer than 51 meters and weighing 12 tons, could s…
Archeology
Find the smallest fossil on the planet
Scientists at the University of Manchester, England have found fossils of a 50 million-year-old parasite that lives on a spider's body. It is considered the smallest fos…
Archeology
Hawaii volcanic lava carries information about the process of planet formation
Today, pedestrians visiting the Kilauea Iki crater in Hawaii only see an almost flat surface with sparse basalt. It looked like asphalt, but in November and December 195…
Archeology
Humans are almost extinct
With more than 6.6 billion people living on the planet today, who knows that 70,000 years ago, harsh droughts continued to dramatically depress human populations and pus…
Archeology
The ancient Sume understands the solar system before telescopes?
It was not until August 1986, Voyager 2, the interplanetary exploration ship launched by the United States in 1977, began to send the first close-up images of Neptune, t…
Space science
The amazing coincidence makes the Moon and the Sun not the same size but still obscuring each other
An unprecedented coincidence at any planet in the Universe.
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The mystery of Venus
Venus is the brightest planet in the Solar System after the Moon and Sun. Compared to Earth, it is the first star to appear at night and disappear at dawn at last.
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Detecting water on the planet 179 light-years from Earth
The spectral analysis shows signs of water on the atmosphere of the outer planet HR 8799c in the Galloping constellation.
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Overview of Neptune
Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet from the Sun in the Solar System. It is the fourth largest planet in diameter and the third largest in volume.
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'Unbelievable' facts about the Uranus star
Uranus can hold 63 Earth within it, the summer here lasts for 42 years, Uranus only has 2 seasons .... these are incredible facts, few people know about Uranus .
Space science
Overview of Saturn
Saturn is Saturn's sixth planet based on the average distance from the Sun and the second largest planet in diameter and mass, after Jupiter in the Solar System.
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Overview of Jupiter
Jupiter or Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and is the largest planet in the Solar System.