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After the Chinese automatic interplanetary station Chang’e 5 landed on the surface of the moon yesterday, many space fans were disappointed by the first images. I read all sorts of…
Hypothetically, what would we see if we launched a probe with a camera toward a black hole that would transmit a real-time video signal at a safe distance? As the…
When it comes to astronomy roots, experts usually name the Sumerians, Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Chinese as the earliest astronomers. My opinion is that while these ancient civilizations did know the…
Does the human brain really resemble the cosmic web? We explain what the 2020 network comparison measured—and what it did not prove.
Tlaloc is mostly known as the Aztec god of rain and thunder. Like many gods in other cultures, Tlaloc was believed to inhabit the mountaintops. Although Tlaloc was rather a…
History is rewritten on a yearly basis with the progress of archaeology around the world. Several days ago, archaeologists wrote another chapter in the origins of one of the most…
Even a few thousand years ago, Plato suggested that what we see could not be real and should be a simulated universe. With the advent of computers, the hypothesis breathed…
The monument’s solar design is beyond serious doubt, the lunar case is growing sharper, and the wider megalithic story stretching back toward Anatolia helps explain why the old “astronomical computer”…
What do we know about the dark depths of the ocean, where only the simplest life forms can survive? How deep is the ocean actually? The Mariana Trench is the…
The truth is, we are still not entirely sure how our reality functions. Although complicated, physics is doing its best to make things more understandable to the public, but nonetheless…
Teotihuacan was born in modern-day Mexico more than 2,000 years ago by an unknown civilization. During the heyday of the Mayan empire, it was a thriving metropolis, home to approximately…
Not long ago, the world was surprised by a scientific study that had “claimed” researchers had found possible traces of alien life in the atmosphere of Venus, a planet on…
Since ancient times, the Moon has impressed people, which is why they have often deified it or included it in their religious rituals and symbols. In more recent times, our…
The Yucatan Peninsula was once inhabited by some of the most advanced Pre-Colombian Mesoamerican civilizations. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that most of the ancient sites we will…
The OSIRIS-REx mission has proven once again that when humankind sets out to do something and works hard towards that goal, it can probably do anything. More than 50 years…
I do not understand at all why the historical significance of Peru is often overlooked when compared to other cradles of civilization such as Egypt or the Mesopotamian region as…
Strange alien worlds are often shown to us in cinema and on television, and there is often a “theme” on these planets. One planet is just a dense giant forest,…
Not so long ago, I finished reading Stephen Hawking’s book–his “final” book, called Brief Answers to the Big Questions. As usual, Hawking’s book was very digestible and completely clear. It…
You can’t visit the Vatican and not ask about the Pope, St.Peter’s Basilica, Vatican Library, or Vatican Necropolis. Today’s article is about the Vatican Necropolis, buried deep under the streets…
The ancient city of Petra, also known as AL-Batra in Arabic, is well known for being carved into the bedrock. Established 300 BC, Petra is an ancient wonder of the world…
Thanks to the MARSIS radar of the ESA Mars Express orbiter, a team led by Sebastian Emanuel Lauro and Elena Pettinelli of the University of Roma Tre has confirmed the…
What exactly is reality? And how do we define it? Is everything around us real? Or are we living inside a simulated universe? There have been revealing papers that have…
Countries like Bulgaria rarely fall in the field of view with the existence of the major tourist locations in Europe. The truth is that most of us prefer to…
Ancient Egyptians loved their stories. Storytelling was a big part of their everyday life and we can clearly see that in the countless papyri and artifacts found in the past…