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This 1.5 Billion Pixel Image Of The Andromeda Galaxy Will Blow Your Mind
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January 11, 2021
This 1.5 Billion Pixel Image Of The Andromeda Galaxy Will Blow Your Mind
Andromeda is the closest neighboring galaxy to the Milky Way. Located in the constellation with the same name, it can…
How Roman Emperors Were Turned Into Gods In Ancient Rome
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November 25, 2020
How Roman Emperors Were Turned Into Gods In Ancient Rome
After the death of a Roman emperor, it was time for his apotheosis. This was the name of the complex, lengthy,…
Fast Food In Ancient Rome; What Was the Roman Thermopolium?
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November 10, 2020
Fast Food In Ancient Rome; What Was the Roman Thermopolium?
Many today believe that the concept of snack bars, semi-finished products, and fast food, in general, is a result of…
10 Things About Ancient Rome You Won’t See in History Books
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October 21, 2020
10 Things About Ancient Rome You Won’t See in History Books
Ancient Rome was much more than emperors, philosophers, and gladiatorial battles. The Romans left us many mysteries and had traditions…
5 Things We Think Are Unique to “Modern Society” But Already Existed in Ancient Rome
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September 10, 2020
5 Things We Think Are Unique to “Modern Society” But Already Existed in Ancient Rome
When we think about ancient civilizations and cultures, many of us wrongly believe that these ancient societies were far from…
How the Eruption of a Volcano in Alaska is Linked to the Demise of Ancient Rome
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June 23, 2020
How the Eruption of a Volcano in Alaska is Linked to the Demise of Ancient Rome
The eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano is linked to a previously unexplained period of extreme cold weather in ancient Rome.…
What a Trillion Stars Look Like: Here’s The Sharpest View of the Andromeda Galaxy
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April 19, 2019
What a Trillion Stars Look Like: Here’s The Sharpest View of the Andromeda Galaxy
The image is beyond breathtaking. It’s nearly inconceivable to the human mind. It is vast. It’s mind-boggling beautiful yet confusing…
5 Tools Used By The Ancient Romans To Build Their World-Famous Roads
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January 16, 2021
5 Tools Used By The Ancient Romans To Build Their World-Famous Roads
In the era of the Republic, the Romans began to build paved roads, gradually covering not only Italy but also…
Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, The Woman That Challenged The Roman Empire
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January 13, 2021
Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, The Woman That Challenged The Roman Empire
From ancient times the image of a woman is associated with that of life because the woman is the one…
7 Things You Should Know About The 7 Wonders Of The Ancient World
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January 1, 2021
7 Things You Should Know About The 7 Wonders Of The Ancient World
Every person has thought about how our ancestors lived, what they thought about, what did they strive for? Well, probably,…
Here Are The Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries Made In 2020
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December 21, 2020
Here Are The Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries Made In 2020
Hundreds of new artifacts of the ancient world fall into the hands of scientists every year, but few are capable…
Don’t Miss The Great Conjunction; Today Jupiter And Saturn “Shine” As One
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December 21, 2020
Don’t Miss The Great Conjunction; Today Jupiter And Saturn “Shine” As One
It finally is time for the rare celestial phenomenon we have all been waiting for – the Great Conjunction of…
Check Out This 655-Million-Pixel Image Of The Universe Showing 40 Billion Stars
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December 19, 2020
Check Out This 655-Million-Pixel Image Of The Universe Showing 40 Billion Stars
Usually, when astronomers talk about “neighboring galaxy”, they mean the Andromeda Galaxy, which is only 2.5 million light-years distant from…
10 Fascinating Images Of Mars’ Surface Taken By NASA’s Viking Lander 2
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December 18, 2020
10 Fascinating Images Of Mars’ Surface Taken By NASA’s Viking Lander 2
The Viking program can be considered the first truly effective one in the global space exploration efforts of Mars. The…
10 Images Of The Moon’s Far Side Тhat Will Blow Your Mind
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December 18, 2020
10 Images Of The Moon’s Far Side Тhat Will Blow Your Mind
On December 7, 2018, the Long March 3B space rocket took off from the Chinese Xichang Cosmodrome. Onboard was the…
Buried In The Sand For Over A 1000 Years, This Is The Ancient Roman Ghost City
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December 17, 2020
Buried In The Sand For Over A 1000 Years, This Is The Ancient Roman Ghost City
Lost in the Algerian desert, the ancient outpost of the Roman Empire, Timgad is one of the most impressive abandoned…
Astronomers Spot Radio Emission Coming From Planet in the Boötes Constellation
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December 17, 2020
Astronomers Spot Radio Emission Coming From Planet in the Boötes Constellation
In Brief: A group of astronomers exploring the universe using a series of radio telescopes has identified what they believe…
Chinese Mission Тo Mars Reports Back 100 Million Km From Earth
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December 15, 2020
Chinese Mission Тo Mars Reports Back 100 Million Km From Earth
The China National Space Administration released a statement reporting the current position of the Chinese Mars probe Tianwen-1, which has…
Japan Reveals The First Image Оf Alien Samples Recovered From Distant Asteroid
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December 15, 2020
Japan Reveals The First Image Оf Alien Samples Recovered From Distant Asteroid
The team of the Japanese space mission “Hayabusa2”, which performed a two-way flight from Earth to asteroid Ryugu between 2014…
Let’s Take a Moment to Again Appreciate the First Image of a Black Hole
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December 14, 2020
Let’s Take a Moment to Again Appreciate the First Image of a Black Hole
Learning more about new or old cosmic places is always a pleasure and always a significant moment for science and…
Measuring Time; How Did The Ancient Romans Keep Track Of Time?
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December 13, 2020
Measuring Time; How Did The Ancient Romans Keep Track Of Time?
Ancient Romans divided the day into daytime and nighttime but the way they measured time was different. The day consisted…
Astronomers Have Just Mapped One Million Previously Unknown Galaxies
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December 9, 2020
Astronomers Have Just Mapped One Million Previously Unknown Galaxies
Astronomers say they have found at least one million new, previously unknown galaxies in the universe. They are calling it…