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Why is the 2010 World Cup ball difficult to kick?
The players who are attending the World Cup in South Africa find many unusual phenomena in the shots because they are playing football in a place as high as 1,680 m.
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Glaciers withdraw, small life forms appear
The research team at the University of Colorado in Boulder worked at an altitude of 16,400 minutes in the Andes, Peru discovered how the barren, inert land after the col…
Archeology
The secret has not been revealed about the mummy of a 500-year-old girl intact
In 1999, a group of scientists discovered the fate of three Incan children at 6,705m altitude in the Llullaillaco volcano region (Argentina).
Space science
Which country discharges the most waste into the universe?
Every minute passed, thousands of satellites were launched into the sky, at altitudes ranging from a few hundred miles to tens of thousands of miles.
Space science
Russians invite tourists to fly into space with 250 thousand USD and 3 days of practice
KosmoKurs' re-suborbital spacecraft will be launched from the Russian space airport and will fly Yuri Gagarin's flight altitudes.
Space science
China built an attractive wave detector telescope at an altitude of 5000m
China began to build the world's tallest gravitational wave detector telescope in Tibet, 5,000 meters above sea level
Space science
At what height does Earth end and start Space?
According to Science ABC, the answer depends entirely on what you call
Space science
China successfully launched high-definition observation satellite
On September 14, China successfully launched the country's most advanced Earth observation satellite called High Definition-9 (Gaofen-9).
Space science
China built a huge energy station in the universe
China will install a huge solar power station in orbit, at an altitude of 36,000 km above the ground, by 2050.
Space science
See Earth from 430km altitude right on your computer
With only a computer connected to the network, you can experience the perspective of an astronaut when looking at Earth from a height of 430km.
Space science
The invisible shield of the Earth
An invisible shield at 11,500km altitude is protecting the Earth from dangerous electronic particles, especially when intense solar storms occur.
Space science
God eyes at an altitude of 20,000m
France has just announced the new StratoBus project, a hybrid reconnaissance tool between satellites and UAVs, that will operate within the stratosphere.
Space science
Risk of Gravity disaster in space
A disconnected bus-sized satellite from 2012 could explode and release a catastrophic waste cloud in Gravity.
Space science
NASA takes people to the dark side of the moon in 2028
In addition, NASA plans to bring the spacecraft into orbit around the Lagrange L2 point, which is at an altitude of 60,000km above the dark part of the moon.