Space science
America built a space fence to detect space junk, small satellites
Later this year, the US Air Force plans to have an electronically controlled phase array radar system located at Kwajalein atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
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Animal world
The world's oldest albatross is about to give birth to 37th child
The 64-year-old Laysan albatross returned to the nest in Hawaii, USA, after nearly a year to prepare to give birth to the 37th child.
Animal world
Thousands of seabirds died from the tsunami in the United States
Thousands of seabirds were killed when the tsunami was caused by an earthquake off Japan last week flooding Midway, a remote atoll in the northwest of the Hawaiian Islan…
Environment
The terrifying truth behind the death of seabirds
Midway Atoll, a remote Pacific island is showing us a horrifying scene after the death of seabirds.
Environment
100 million year old volcano under the Pacific Ocean
A giant ancient crater has been discovered hiding under a depth of 4,000m in one of the least explored areas of the Pacific.
Environment
The island of the Pacific Ocean
It is a coral island called Nadikdik, also known as Knox Atoll, is the southernmost atoll at the Ratak Chain Islands of the Marshall Islands.
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See the fanciful Earth through satellite images
The Lake District in Al-Hasa or the desert in Saudi Arabia is as mysteriously as a fairyland somewhere far away from Earth seen from Google Earth satellites.
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The world's first underwater nuclear explosion
The Crossroads campaign is a series of nuclear weapons tests conducted by the US at the Bikini Atoll in the middle of 1946. Its purpose is to study the effects of nuclea…
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Huge roses in the universe
The two galaxies form a giant rose image which is one of the most impressive astronomical scenes of the week.
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Beautiful astronomy photos of the week
The sun appears with a strange appearance, while the atoll is like a giant blue pearl in the ocean.
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Visit Maldives island paradise
Maldives, the beautiful island nation located in the Indian Ocean, is dubbed the tourist paradise of the Earth with 26 atolls surrounding a territory consisting of 1,190…
Scientific works
America announced the world's largest marine reserve
US President Barack Obama on June 17 announced plans to create a 2 million km2 marine protected area in the Pacific, the largest in the world.