Mystery and riddles

Many solar energy facts tell us about the immense amount of energy that the Sun gives out. The Sun’s energy powers the water cycles...

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

Life on Earth began more than 3 billion years ago, evolving from the most basic of microbes into a dazzling array of complexity over...

Siberia’s Lake Baikal holds a number of world records for lakes – oldest lake, deepest, largest freshwater lake by volume, and subjectively, the world’s...

We only see one side of the moon, because it is tidally locked to the planet Earth (tidal locking the situation when an object’s...

By the time of the ancient Romans it was understood that Venus was one of four planets other than the Earth. Being the brightest...

Sacred Centre Today there is little doubt that Tiahuanaco (also called Tiwanaku).was a major ceremonial centre and focal point of a culture that spread...

At the northern end of the Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo is rare if not unique in Peru. Ollantaytambo is a massive citadel located 50 kilometers...

As is well known, during the colonization of the New World by Spain, a huge amount of gold was exported from America to Europe....

Nearly everyone has heard of the Hubble telescope. It may be less than eight feet long – but after 23 years, it still gives...

What is it that separates humans from the rest of the animals on the planet? It’s not our thumbs, or our tendency to wage...

The Monarch butterfly is a species of butterfly with a 3 to 4 inch of wingspan and a trademark color of orange and black....

A fertile valley on the Peloponnese peninsula has become the site of the main ancient festival - the Olympic Games. They were held in...

What turns a mere piece of matter from being mere matter into an animated being? What gives certain special physical patterns in the universe...

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...

Quick Mercury Facts Mercury does not have any moons or rings. Your weight on Mercury would be 38% of your weight on Earth. A...

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

A team of palaeontologists, including scientists from Monash University and Museum Victoria, has identified fossil evidence of the first-ever Australian spinosaur dinosaur. A neck...