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Not Helium-3, Indian spacecraft just discovered a valuable resource on the Moon.
The Indian spacecraft only touched down on the Moon a month ago, but it has already made some major contributions to science.
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Discover science
The 'world's most useless' volcano: Turned into a cooking stove for locals.
Monte Busca is considered to have completely lost its 'volcanic pride'.
Discover science
Huge Block of Material Hidden Under Africa and the Pacific Ocean
Scientists know almost nothing about the origin and composition of two large continent-sized rock masses located on opposite sides of the Earth's inner mantle.
1001 mystery
Mysterious Parallel Dents Discovered in Qatar
Located among the sand dunes in a remote area on the northeastern coast of Qatar, Al Jassasiya is the largest rock art site in the Middle Eastern country.
Space science
How to distinguish meteorites from ordinary rocks
Meteorites are often particularly heavy, magnetic, and bear characteristic marks from being heated as they plunged into the atmosphere.
Space science
The mystery of the rock that 'traveled' through space for tens of thousands of years, then returned to Earth
The 646-gram meteorite once left us, flew out into space, and somehow ended its extraordinary journey on Earth.
Oceanography
'Another world' discovered thousands of meters deep under the ice in Antarctica
Scientists have confirmed that an almost completely ice-covered area in Antarctica hides a
Animal world
A rare fish species as precious as ginseng, a gift from heaven only found in Hoang Lien Son: Caught by 'getting drunk'
They are native fish, very rare and are considered by locals to be
Videos
Dog attacked by large python and the unexpected 'turnaround'
Strangled by a giant python, the dog still tried to fight back and turned the tables at the last minute.
Archeology
Scientists rescue half-ton 'evidence of human civilization' at the southern tip of the Black Continent
Evidence of human civilization with an age of tens of thousands of years has been found.
Environment
There is a strange river in Russia, no water but still hear the sound of babbling all year round
There is no water at the bottom of the river, only giant rocks, but strangely people can still hear the sound of flowing water.
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Why does a strange rain always fall on an 1800-year-old temple every June?
The 1,800-year-old temple surprises many people because it always rains on the afternoon of June 19 every year. What is the reason behind it?
Space science
Why did it take NASA 3 months just to open two locks on the box containing soil and rocks collected from a place 6.2 billion km from Earth?
To ensure no contamination of the sample, NASA had to approve the tools used in opening the capsule.
Archeology
New research says: Not a meteorite, this is the terrible thing that destroyed the dinosaurs
Something even more terrifying than the giant space rock Chicxulub may have existed on Earth, forming
1001 mystery
Could 4,000-year-old Aboriginal cave paintings in Australia really depict aliens?
Mysterious Aboriginal rock art of the Wandjina sky creatures reveals a lot about an ancient culture, but one question remains unanswered.