Mystery and riddles

The Moon is the Earth’s only natural satellite. It is also the fifth-largest natural satellite in the Solar System and the largest among planetary...

What remains intriguing about Mercury is how scant our knowledge has been regarding some of its key details until recently. For example, it was...

Two miles south of Liverpool on the picturesque banks of the River Mersey is the village of Hale. There is a grave in the...

In nature, any species is sought after by other predator or prey species, which detect it through their senses (sight, hearing, smell). Victims can...

Teotihuacan means 'The City of the Gods", or "Where Men Become Gods" (in Nahuatl). It is located in the valley of the same name 30...

Italian scientists from the University of Bologna have investigated the consequences of the explosion of the Tunguska meteorite several times. They hypothesized that the...

Everyone knows that lions can be found in Africa, buffalo in North America, kangaroos in Australia, and so on. They are native to these...

Leading models of solar system formation hold that as the Sun gathered itself together out of a cloud of gas and dust, the leftovers...

Billions of years ago, molecules on a lifeless and tumultuous Earth mixed, forming the first life-forms. Eons later, a larger, smarter form of life...

Earth is bombarded with millions of tons of space material each day. Most of the objects vaporize in our atmosphere, but some of the...

It’s one of the sure Statue of Liberty facts that the Statue of Liberty is an icon, representing the United States all around the...

With the recent death of dictator Kim Jong-Il, all eyes are on North Korea (or, as it is ironically named, the Democratic People’s Republic...

Wondjina in ancient Australian Aboriginal lore are spirits of the clouds and rain. They are sometimes considered creator spirits or gods. However Ancient Alien...

Myths and misconceptions exist about even the greatest and most famous landmarks in the world. Heck, you were probably even taught some of them...

When it comes to rainbows, most people think they’ve seen all there is to see. Certainly, we’ve all seen the simple rainbow – and...

Russian city of Tobolsk, located in the Northern part of Siberia, in the Tyumen region has a rich history full of interesting facts. It...

Astrology can be understood as a philosophy that helps to explain life, rather than a type of mysticism that can be used as a...

Any mission to Mars would be fraught with difficulties – but as this list will show, none of the challenges are necessarily insurmountable. Decades...