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Discovering life under thick ice in Antarctica
Scientists have found life under the extreme ice in Antarctica, where previous studies claim nothing can exist.
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Clues to alien life in Antarctica?
Recently, the Russian expedition team surpassed 12,365feet ice in the Antarctic before discovering a freshwater lake buried deep in the thick ice. Considering the simila…
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'Lake of the devil': Detects tremors at a depth of 4000m
Securing this mystery in Antarctica, alien life may no longer be
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Detecting strange life under Antarctic ice
After more than a decade of intermittent exploration drilling, researchers in the country were finally able to penetrate the Antarctic's frozen crust last year and colle…
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Signs of life in the Antarctic underground lake
The first signs of life were discovered in water samples taken from the lake under the Antarctic thick ice surface. Green light emitting cells that are dyed with DNA sen…
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Russia received water samples from prehistoric Vostok lake
On February 16, Russia's North and Antarctic Research Institute said the first water sample from prehistoric Vostok freshwater lake, also known as the Orient Lake, in An…
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Russia successfully approached the most mysterious lake in the world
Speaking to an unnamed source, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency reported that the group of scientists had stopped drilling at 3768m and reached the bottom of this frozen…
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Prepare to explore the original lake of 20 million years old
If you think the earth has been discovered by everyone, think again. Scientists have spent more than 20 years studying the vast, unexplored Vostok lake under the Antarct…