Space science
Decipher the mysteries of the space rock of the past 50 years
Scientists believe that the interior of the Moon cooled fairly quickly and evenly after it formed about 4.5 billion years ago.
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Space science
Elsewhere in the Solar System there used to be 'armor of life' like Earth
Space rock samples brought back to Earth by NASA half a century ago reveal more surprises about the past of the object thought to be twice inhabited - the Moon.
Science story
The Earth's interior is cooling faster than expected
4.5 billion years ago, the Earth was covered with molten rock (magma) deep in the ocean, creating extreme temperatures common on its surface.
Space science
Chinese lander finds evidence of water existence on the Moon
China's Chang'e 5 lunar lander has sent back to Earth the first in situ evidence of the existence of water on the Moon's surface.
AI - Artificial intelligence
Development of a robot that can dig through the hardest rock
Petra, a San Francisco startup, has developed a semi-autonomous heat-drilling robot 'Swifty' that can cut through the hardest geological formations by crushing rock into…
1001 mystery
100m deep sinkhole in the desert in Qatar
Musfur, the deepest accessible sinkhole ever discovered in Qatar, provides experts with information on geological history.
Funny corner
The mysterious rock weighs 137 tons, anyone can move
Perched atop a rock much wider than it is and in a unique position, Trembling Rock can make even the weakest person on Earth look like the strongest in the world.
1001 mystery
Strangely, the giant rock lay precariously as if it was about to roll but kept pushing and not falling
Although only touching the bottom a very small area, but so far no one has pushed this rock to roll down.
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…
1001 mystery
Strangely, the stone 'grows' white hair by itself, more startled to know it costs billions of dong
It can be said that mother nature is really wonderful, contains many surprises, and an inanimate thing can be something that holds a very special mystery.
1001 mystery
3 more amazing discoveries that scientists have not been able to explain
Although we are living in the 21st century with great discoveries and brilliant achievements in space science and technology, even on this earth there is still no shorta…
Environment
Strange stone towers named 'white ghost'
In the sunny land of Southern Utah, America has giant pointed stone towers nicknamed
New technology
The 'witch's stone' made by Russian military students turns out to be a high-tech spy device
This rock-shaped spy device was developed by Voronezh Academy as a new way to secretly track enemies.
Discover science
Discovering an old rock kept for the past 6 years is actually a 'treasure'
The man kept an old block thinking it was gold, but the actual results surprised him. It is a rare 4.6 billion year old meteorite.
Conquer Mars
For the first time, experts have mapped the Martian subsoil
Experts map the Martian subsoil by listening to the sound of wind bouncing off layers of soil and rock near the equator.