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Top 10 most important scientific findings of the decade
The first decade of the 21st century has received outstanding scientific achievements, many of which have changed ...
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New form of black hole appears
A new type of black hole about 500 times the size of the sun has just been discovered by an international team of astronomers.
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…
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The sacred book of the Mayans
Created by Mayan stories of the world, religion, history, astronomy, myths, the book Popol Vuh attracted the attention of scholars throughout the planet.
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The truth of the death of the 16th century astronomy
Two years after the body of Tycho Brahe was unearthed at the tomb in Prague, chemical analyzes showed that this 16th-century astronomer did not have to die of mercury po…
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Strange light blocks in the American sky
A bright block flew through many parts of the US state of Texas and New Mexico earlier last week.
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Vatican seeks aliens
The question of whether or not the outsider has been the question of many of us.
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Column light mystery in the sky of Latvia
The mysterious high-rise columns that appear in the Lithuanian sky in late 2008 are a hot topic on European amateur astronomical forums.
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Astronomical prodigy has changed the whole perception of the universe
Giordano Bruno (1548 - 1600) was an Italian monk, an Italian philosopher, an Italian mathematician and astronomer.
Archeology
The 10 ancient people do better than we do today (Part 1)
Our ancestors had extremely unique knowledge of metallurgy, mathematics, chemistry, astronomy and more.
Archeology
Astronomical computer more than 2,000 years old
The Antikythera Mechanism, the world's oldest computer, was used by the Greeks to calculate astronomy more than 2,000 years ago.
Archeology
Detecting strange soil tissue
Artificial soil that looks like an eel, a vulture or a duck discovered in North America may be evidence that ancient people rely on astronomy to cultivate crops. Accordi…
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The Romans built houses according to astronomy
The researchers examined the directions of about 38 towns in Italy. According to Magli, ancient Roman writers, including Ovid and Plutarch, also mentioned that Roman tow…
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The essence of the North Star
In modern astronomy, this star is a seven-star array, the seven brightest in the boundary of the Big Dipper constellation in the northern hemisphere.