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3 Reasons Dinosaurs Never Really Ruled the Earth
Giant lizards may terrify you in the movies, but are we exaggerating their presence in Earth's history?
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Tonight 'The paradoxical Earth' has life appearing, how to observe?
On the rare occasion when our planet is at opposition, with good binoculars you can see Europa, our closest potentially habitable world.
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If the sea suddenly disappears, why do hundreds of millions of people have to urgently evacuate?
If the sea water suddenly evaporated at the same time, the Earth would fall into an unimaginable disaster. What is that?
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Why can't humans feel the temperature inside the Earth when it's 6,000 degrees Celsius?
The temperature of the Earth's core is about 6,000 degrees Celsius, higher than the surface temperature of the Sun. Furthermore, the Earth's core is larger than the core…
Archeology
Scientists plan to bring back the Dodo bird, but how exactly will they do it?
The dodo, one of the largest birds on Earth, faced extinction in the late 17th century and was officially considered extinct by humans in 1662.
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Experiment from America: Unexpected things about alien creatures
It is entirely possible that aliens came into being from these things.
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Why do many people think aliens must be humanoid?
Have you ever wondered what they would be like if we actually encountered aliens one day?
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Strange exoplanet discovered, only as big as Neptune but denser than steel
An exoplanet the size of Neptune and denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers.
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How many days on Earth is one day on the Moon?
According to astronomers, the average distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 384,000km. So how many days on Earth is 1 day on the Moon?
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How rare are rare earths really?
The rare earth elements, a group of 17 metals, are relatively abundant in the Earth's crust but their extraction is extremely difficult.
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Mysterious dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere
Astronomers have discovered a large and mysterious dark spot in Neptune's atmosphere.
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Shocking discovery of 'strange object from Oort Cloud' falling in Canada
New analysis of a green fireball from the Oort Cloud that landed in Canada in February 2021 could change a host of understandings about the formation of Earth and the en…
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A celestial body you see was born from Earth in just a few hours.
A new supercomputer simulation based on known data about Earth, the Moon and the hypothetical planet Theia has revealed a shocking piece of Earth's history.
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One of the loneliest species on Earth, living 2,800m underground and surviving on radioactive energy
The cold and dry polar regions, the hot and water-poor desert regions, are considered inhospitable to most life on Earth.
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Earth's inner core is 'deforming' discovered
Scientists have just made a surprising new discovery: The Earth's inner core is not only changing its rotation speed, but may also be deforming.