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The secret of the Tunguese explosion
1001 mystery

The secret of the Tunguese explosion

In 1908, in the Tunguese Xibiri area, there was a strange big explosion. Its power is equivalent to the explosion of 500 atomic bombs, or hydrogen bombs, that explode at…

December 18, 2018
Radioactive remains
Archeology

Radioactive remains

Radioactivity is still escaping from the cells of those killed by atomic bombs in Nagasaki City, after 64 years since the disaster.

December 17, 2018
Moon dust is full of radioactivity
Space science

Moon dust is full of radioactivity

Settling on the moon is a human goal in an effort to set foot in the universe. However, Earth's natural satellites are not very friendly to humans, after experts discove…

December 17, 2018
The cause of the accident for the Station
Space science

The cause of the accident for the Station

On January 31, the Russian space agency Roscosmos announced the impact of cosmic radioactivity as the cause of the automatic interplanetary Station.

December 17, 2018
The first nuclear reactor uses new fuel
Space science

The first nuclear reactor uses new fuel

India is planning to build a nuclear power plant using new materials, thorium, which has a low radioactivity, safer than using uranium.

December 17, 2018
Detect the word star and its emission
Space science

Detect the word star and its emission

According to NASA's Swift satellite, many radioactive streams are emitted from a rare object, which is known as a short gamma radio station (SGR soft gamma).

December 17, 2018