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Highest tree in the Amazon has been found (+ Video)
Highest tree in the Amazon has been found (+ Video)

An international group of scientists arrived at the site where the tallest tree in the Amazon is found, a specimen with a height comparable to a 25-story building. The feat was achieved after three years of planning, four unsuccessful expeditions and an arduous two-week trek through the thick Brazilian jungle, AFP reported this Saturday.

Dig up the lost temple of Poseidon in Greece
Dig up the lost temple of Poseidon in Greece

Archaeologists identified ancient ruins unearthed in Ilia, a town in Greece, such as the Poseidon temple of the lost city Samikon, described in the works of the ancient Greek geographer Strabo, reports Greek Reporter.

Partial solar eclipse and meteor showers, the October sky
Partial solar eclipse and meteor showers, the October sky

A partial solar eclipse, meteor showers and the conjunction of the Moon with other planets are among the astronomical events that can be seen in this month of October. 

Detected the farthest galaxy of sparks in the universe ever discovered
Detected the farthest galaxy of sparks in the universe ever discovered

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The James Webb Space Telescope, operated jointly by ESA, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, has detected the most distant spherical sets of stars (globular clusters) ever discovered. These are dense formations that could contain the first and oldest stars in the universe.


Salvage of the long-awaited suspension bridge in Gibara (+ photos and video)
Salvage of the long-awaited suspension bridge in Gibara (+ photos and video)

The rescue of the suspension bridge to the Las Balsas wetland, in the coastal city of Gibara, constitutes a longed-for desire of its inhabitants that, after its completion, will return to Villa Blanca de los Cangrejos one of its most ancient hallmarks.

    Paleontologists discover the oldest dinosaur in Africa
Paleontologists discover the oldest dinosaur in Africa

An international team of paleontologists led by the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (USA) has published a study in the journal Nature revealing the discovery and identification of an incredibly well-preserved dinosaur fossil, the most oldest from Africa found to date.

Discovery of Neolithic complex older than Stonehenge and the pyramids of Egypt (+ photos)
Discovery of Neolithic complex older than Stonehenge and the pyramids of Egypt (+ photos)

A team of archaeologists excavated in the vicinity of Prague the remains of an "exceptionally well preserved" Stone Age monumental structure. At 7,000 years old, it is older than Stonehenge and the pyramids of Egypt, reported the Archaeology Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences through social networks.

The world’s oldest heart was discovered in the fossil of a fish
The world’s oldest heart was discovered in the fossil of a fish

A group of researchers have discovered the oldest heart known to science. The finding occurred in the remains of a fish with jaw 380 million years ago which, together with its fossilized stomach, intestine and liver, sheds light on the evolution even of human bodies.

Rover Perseverance finds samples of organic matter on Mars (+ Tweet)
Rover Perseverance finds samples of organic matter on Mars (+ Tweet)

NASA’s Rover Perseverance has collected several "valuable" organic rock samples from the ancient river delta on Mars during its mission to determine if life ever existed on the red planet, scientists in charge said.

Study notes that there are aquatic worlds outside the solar system
Study notes that there are aquatic worlds outside the solar system

In their eagerness to find life on other planets, an international group of scientists decided to examine systems of red dwarfs, which are the most common type of stars in our universe, and discovered planets formed mostly by water.

China discovers a new mineral on the Moon
China discovers a new mineral on the Moon

Chinese scientists discovered a new mineral on the Moon and called it 'Chang'e Stone', reported Friday the National Space Administration of China and the Chinese Atomic Energy Authority. This latest discovery has made China the third country to record such findings, according to China Daily.

Humpback whales can spread their songs from Australia to Ecuador (+ Photo)
Humpback whales can spread their songs from Australia to Ecuador (+ Photo)

The songs of male humpback whales in some parts of the Pacific Ocean are imitated by whales in other parts of the ocean at enormous distances of up to 14 thousand kilometers (km)shows a recent study by an international team of researchers from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, the San Francisco University of Quito and the Acoustic Ecology Program of the CETACEA Project of Ecuador.