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Interesting things about the moons in the Solar System
Mars - the planet closest to Earth, has 2 moons. Pluto - a dwarf planet with 5 moons.
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Space science
Detect signs of water in the most distant galaxy ever
Scientists have found signs of water in a galaxy about 12.8 billion light-years from Earth, the furthest place ever found.
Science Events
Next week will have the longest lunar eclipse of the century
The longest partial lunar eclipse of the century will take place on November 19. According to NASA, this eclipse will last 3 hours and 23 minutes, longer than any lunar…
Discover science
Diamonds from the depths of the Earth contain minerals like never before
This mineral is the first example of high-pressure calcium silicate perovskite (CaSiO3) to be found on Earth.
Space science
Detecting a young black hole right next to the galaxy containing the Earth
A newly discovered black hole lurks in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Oceanography
Not Amazon, Earth also has a larger lung in the ocean but few people know it
It turns out that the Earth is still breathing with larger lungs in the ocean, an ecosystem few of us know about: The seagrass fields.
Environment
How does a 0.5 degree Celsius difference affect the global future?
If the Earth warms by 2 degrees Celsius instead of 1.5 degrees Celsius, people, wildlife and ecosystems will all suffer severe consequences.
Space science
Moon, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter line up in the sky
Astronomy lovers around the world share photos of the rare moment when the Moon is aligned with Venus, Saturn, Jupiter in the night sky.
Discover science
Surprise about the first continent to 'pierce' the Earth's ocean
A new study has pushed back the time when the first continent appeared hundreds of millions of years back, with a very strange and mysterious way of rising out of the oc…
Space science
NASA is about to crash a $ 330 million spacecraft into an asteroid
For the first time, NASA will launch a spacecraft to crash into a small asteroid and change its orbit to test planetary defense tactics.
Space science
Ancient comet explosion turned the world's driest desert into glass
The dark glass fields that dot the world's driest Atacama Desert were created by a comet that exploded about 12,000 years ago.
Discover science
The most silent room on Earth, people go 'going crazy' after 45 minutes
As you move through the room, you will hear the horrible grinding of bones. Eventually, you'll lose your balance by its eerie silence.
Discover science
An 'other world' lurking right inside the Earth
The place long thought to be a boring iron block deep inside the Earth could be a very complex world, research from the University of Hawaii (USA) asserts.
1001 mystery
Pyramids of Giza and 4 unsolved human mysteries
One of the original 7 wonders of the ancient world, the pyramids of Giza have been a fascination with humans for millennia.
1001 mystery
Mysterious jellyfish-shaped object flying into Earth's atmosphere worries many people
Perhaps we will never be able to fully understand the natural world, because strange and mysterious things keep happening.