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The reason the Incas built Machu Picchu on two fault lines
The rupture of the Earth's crust provided a suitable source of granite to help the Incas save the energy to build Machu Pichu.
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The artificial moon - the ambition to light the Earth without lights
The artificial moon is technology
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Science is confused with the big planet 'strange story' revolves around the red dwarf
Scientists were surprised to find the solar system nearly 30 light-years from Earth, even though the center is a small red dwarf that still holds the planet in mass in o…
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Mysterious minerals discovered in diamonds South Africa
A single stone lies within a diamond containing a mineral never before discovered by scientists.
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Reveal another world 4.5 billion years old that was swallowed up by the Earth
Two mysterious continents, possibly the first parts of the earth or the ocean floor of the early earth, have just been discovered ... in our gluttonous planet.
Archeology
A 66 million-year-old sea monster has a unique swimming pattern on Earth
Mosasaur may be one of the most feared reptiles living in the age of dinosaurs, with its enormous size and jaws.
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Venus can stay?
Venus could be a temperate planet that stored liquid water for 2-3 billion years, until there was a dramatic transformation that began more than 700 million years ago.
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150km asteroid hit Earth, a series of new creatures were born
A multinational team has found evidence of an ice age of life caused by a giant asteroid 466 million years ago.
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The galaxy is 30 million light-years from Earth
The Hubble Space Telescope captures UGC 695, a weak glowing galaxy located in the constellation Cetus (Kinh Ngu).
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The supermassive black hole closest to Earth glows intensely
The supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way swallows more matter and glows abnormally.
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What if a black-sized black hole attacked the Earth?
In the vast universe, the black hole is probably the most feared 'evil spirit' we have ever known. With enormous gravity, no matter, not even light, can escape the black…
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Has the diverse ecosystem on Earth been born from planetary collisions?
The results of an international scientific study show that the planet collision 470 million years ago created a layer of dust leading to the ice age and then led to the…
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How big is the International Space Station (ISS)?
ISS is the largest man-made object in the universe. It is so big that you can see it in the sky without a telescope.
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Why did the Ice Age occur?
Imagine the Chicago Skyline building. Now imagine it's under the ice almost 2 miles (3 km) away. That is the view of the Earth at the most icy moment of the last Ice Age.
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What would happen if one day the Earth suddenly turned faster?
Any change to the current state of the Earth has some unforeseen consequences.