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Saturn’s moon Titan is one of the most fascinating celestial bodies in our Solar System. Unlike any other moon, Titan possesses a thick atmosphere, liquid lakes, complex organic chemistry, and…
Archaeologists and historians have uncovered countless ancient artifacts that defy conventional explanations. These discoveries challenge the general understanding of ancient civilizations, suggesting lost knowledge, advanced technologies, or even alternative interpretations…
After discussing the enigmatic Roman Flexible Glass, we continue our exploration of the ancient world with an object that, at least, exists physically – the Roman dodecahedron. Dating back to…
Half a century ago, astronomers first hypothesized that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy. A lot of data speaks in support of this version;…
Nowadays, we are accustomed to skyscrapers that have long crossed the half-kilometer mark. Until about 1300, however, the pyramid of Cheops with its current height of 138m was the tallest…
Few people today have not heard of Darwin, but many people know about the theory of evolution only that, according to Darwin, man descended from apes. And it is difficult…
The Planck length and Planck time are often introduced as the smallest pieces of space and time that can exist. That is a useful shortcut for a first conversation, but…
Name and Budget Initially, the telescope bore the short but difficult to pronounce name NGST (Next Generation Space Telescope). In honor of Webb, who ran NASA in the 60s of…
Planetary scientists presented new results and images obtained during the long-term monitoring of the atmospheres of giant planets using the Hubble Space Telescope. It turned out that the equator of…
Scientists estimate that the total length of the structure is about 1000 light-years.
Everyone has heard the stories of secret technologies developed by the United States or Russia or various agencies around the world. Anti-gravity tech, for instance, has always been mentioned among…
Have you ever wondered what might be hiding behind the walls of Area 51 or perhaps – beneath it? Everyone has heard the stories about UFO wreckages, advanced alien and…
Astronomers believe that there could be millions of interstellar objects in the Solar System despite the fact that only two have been seen to date.
This UFO incident is more than 35 years old and is particularly unique yet it is not being discussed as much as it should. We normally hear about UFOs hovering…
On the gravel plains of the Namib Desert, Welwitschia mirabilis can look as though the wind has shredded it. The plant grows only two leaves throughout its life, yet some…
An international team of astronomers presented new research focused on the generation of energy around black holes and predicted that highly advanced civilizations could use so-called Dyson spheres around black…
Can you tell where our planet is in the universe? Of course, planet Earth is in the Solar System, which in turn is in the Orion Arm, the small galactic arm of the Milky Way. Well, our own galaxy then? Did you know that it is part of the Laniakeа Supercluster along with tens of thousands of other galaxies?
On this day, a man was born 165 years ago who knew how to teleport objects, extract energy from nothing, and communicate with extraterrestrials. At least, popular rumors endowed Nikola Tesla with these phenomenal abilities and more.
UK carpet-fitter Stephen Tasker created a prototype for an "ancient machine that defies gravity" that he believed could have been used by the builders of the famous Stonehenge megalithic complex millennia ago.
Most of the universe is invisible to human eyes. The Chandra X-ray Observatory changes that by recording high-energy light from places where gravity, magnetic fields and stellar explosions push matter…
The Vatican has long been the source of many mysteries and conspiracies. The Chronovisor, Vatican’s alleged Time Machine, is one of the biggest. After all, it is closed from the…
Nikola Tesla is often presented as a man who saw the twenty-first century in perfect detail. Old articles credit him with predicting smartphones, Wi-Fi, drones, robots, clean energy, self-driving cars…
Everyone thinks of the Pyramids of Giza or the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. And it is normal – these are some of the most iconic symbols of ancient…
Humanity has launched several hundred crewed missions into space over the past decades. In many cases, something strange and inexplicable happened at some point during the missions – from strange…