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New Zealand company moves closer to unlimited fusion energy
A New Zealand company is trying to recreate the energy of a star on Earth, using a new type of fusion reactor.
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How was a spacecraft 25 billion kilometers from Earth 'resurrected'?
The Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft has had to resort to using an old radio transmitter to contact NASA after experiencing a signal failure.
Space science
Earth Says Goodbye to 'Mini Moon'
For the past two months, an asteroid named 2024 PT5 has been circling Earth like a
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First time meteorite crater discovered on mountain top
Chinese scientists have found the world's first mountain-top meteorite crater, measuring 1,400m in diameter, in the country's northeast.
Discover science
The earth is round but why do we only see it as flat?
In ancient times, people believed that the Earth was shaped like a flat, round or square disk, and to this day some people still believe in the Flat Earth theory.
Discover science
What is the coldest temperature the Earth can reach?
There are some bone-chillingly cold places on Earth, but what was the lowest temperature ever recorded and where?
Discover science
Where many atmospheric rivers on Earth are concentrated
Rivers of water vapor stretching more than 1,000 miles across the sky have been moving from temperate regions closer to the poles over the past 40 years.
Discover science
Geobatteries: The Earth's Endless and Abundant Renewable Energy Source
Understanding the mechanism of geobatteries will help people have a broader perspective on wetland ecosystems, thereby approaching new ways to combat climate change.
Archeology
There is a 130,000 year gap in human evolutionary history, so what happened during this period?
This 130,000 year period in human evolutionary history is considered a fossil error and no one can explain exactly what happened to humans during this time.
Space science
Discovered another world full of 'snow' falling right inside the Earth
Strange signals from deep inside the Earth have helped scientists identify a utopian world 3,000km below the surface, where silicon-rich snow is falling.
Space science
US student's amateur rocket reaches record height
A group of students from the University of Southern California launched the Aftershock II rocket, reaching an altitude of 143.3m above the Earth's surface, breaking many…
Space science
Super telescope finds unbelievable thing flying between Mars and Jupiter
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an unusual asteroid right in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Space science
Satellite debris poses a serious threat to the atmosphere
Hundreds of defunct satellites fall through the Earth's atmosphere every year, and the number is growing rapidly.
Discover science
Could a planet so close to Earth be full of swimming fish?
One of NASA's spacecraft may have flown past a planet-moon system teeming with life without knowing it.