Scientists already had indications that there was a large ocean beneath the ice sheet of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Now, with this finding, it could become the first habitable place of our Solar System, in addition to the Earth. Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft took the first foreground images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 moons. …
The ancient Egyptians considered the river to be the source of all life. Its constant path to the north has fed the fertile valleys of northeastern Africa and, in doing so, shaped the course of human civilization. However, the exact age of its venerable waters, which span 6,800 kilometers, has been the subject of debate. A group …
Moving holograms and speakers have been common in science fiction series and movies, such as that of Princess Leia in the Star Wars movie, one of the most remembered. Now, British scientists have taken real holographic technology a step further, allowing them to be seen not only by the naked eye and from any angle, but also …
As the story goes, the Wendigo was a lost hunter. During a brutally cold winter, this man’s intense hunger led him to cannibalism.(howls in a Canadian forest) After having a feast with the flesh of another human, he transformed into a crazed beast, wandering the woods in search of more people to eat. Wendigo’s history comes from …
You know it’s not good news when NASA says there is a possibility that a space rock will impact planet Earth, and more when it’s huge. The asteroid that can rush to Earth and that is larger than the Eiffel Tower is called Asteroid Apophis, in honor of the Egyptian god of chaos. Its trajectory shows …
The archaeological team that has discovered it still does not know what uses it was given in ancient times, although most likely it was used to celebrate funeral rituals. This Monument most likely inspired monument that inspired JRR Tolkien and JK Rowling Thanks to an aerial scanner of the area with laser technology (LiDAR), a …
The Megalithic Water Temple is over 3,000 years old and in the same complex 21 burials were found with ceramics from the Chimú culture. The Megalithic Water Temple was discovered in the archaeological complex Huaca El Toro, in the district of Oyotún, Lambayeque region. The director of the Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum, Walter Alva, …
First methane and now oxygen on Mars that can represent a biofilm behave in a strange way. A team of scientists has managed to measure the seasonal changes of the gases that permeate the air just above the Gale crater, on Mars, the place that the Curiosity rover has been exploring since August 2012. During …
The Japanese probe Hayabusa 2 will leave its orbit around the asteroid Ryugu and head back to Earth this Wednesday. But it will not do it alone: inside it brings samples that could shed light on the origins of the Solar System. Hayabusa 2 launched a projectile that raised cosmic dust and collected it. The probe, …
Albert Lin, National Geographic explorer , along with archaeologists Adan Choqque Arce and Thomas Hardy, managed to draw a complete map of the city – colonized by the Incas and the so-called pre-Incas – thanks to a technology known as LiDAR, consisting of a laser that Scan the soil deeply, revealing the topography of the terrain, as well …