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Discovered the secret passage leading to the world 1,600km underground
A mysterious geological tunnel in Panama has explained the appearance of materials belonging to the world 1,600 km deep underground.
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Conquer Mars
'Building blocks of life' found on Mars
The texture of 'volcanic rocks' on Mars can help reconstruct geological periods, especially the period when Mars was flooded - also the period when the Red planet is tho…
Space science
Chinese spacecraft rewrites the geological history of the Moon
Rock samples collected by the Chang'e 5 spacecraft reveal volcanic activity on the Moon lasting nearly a billion years longer than previously thought.
Discover science
Giant volcano erased life on Earth
About 445 million years ago, about 85% of the marine life on earth then disappeared after a geological event. This is considered a mass extinction in the Ordovician peri…
Discover science
The Earth is less prone to geological vibration thanks to ... Covid-19
The whole world suspends economic production to fight epidemics. Industrial machinery and transportation did not work, so the tremors were reduced by up to 1/3. This mak…
Life
Tsunami from Anak Krakatoa volcano can be as high as 150 meters
The wave created after volcanic activity led to a large erosion of the geological wall in the mountain wall and fell to the sea floor.
Space science
Announcing the first geological map on Saturn's Titan satellite
The map shows that the Titan has lots of plains and mounds, including frozen organic matter and many liquid methane reservoirs.
Environment
Discover a cluster of 19 giant sinkholes around the underground river
The scientists discovered one of the largest clusters in the world, including 19 vast caves in the forest in Guangxi province.
Environment
Volcanic eruptions create new islands
An undersea volcanic eruption in the south Pacific Ocean engulfed one island and created another three times larger.
Archeology
1,000 prehistoric 'ghosts' suddenly appear in laser scans
LIDAR's modern laser scanning technology has enabled Scottish scientists to discover more than 1,000 previously unseen relics on the beautiful island of Arran.
Discover science
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.
Discover science
Humans have ushered in a new geological era of the Earth
The impact of people is everywhere. Human society has changed the Earth so much that it cannot be reversed.
Space science
The bold idea for people to live on the Moon: It sounds ridiculous and reasonable
A bold idea. Who would have thought there was a way to live on the Moon!
Space science
New discoveries about Ryugu asteroid near Earth
This asteroid has a diameter of 900m, so the asteroid's gravity is 66,500 times weaker than the Earth.
Environment
Bali shakes due to earthquakes in the seabed
On July 16, a 6.1-magnitude seabed earthquake occurred in the southern Indonesian island of Bali.