The largest iceberg in the world, A-76, broke off from Antarctica in 2021. Its area is 4,320 km², larger than some islands! It’s slowly drifting in the ocean, and scientists are tracking it to u...

A rare mushroom in Oregon forests glows green in the dark, attracting insects. It’s called ‘foxfire’ due to its eerie light.

The world’s longest tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, is 57 km long. It runs under the Alps, with trains speeding through at 250 km/h. Construction took 17 years and cost $12 billi...

Geological data shows that the Great Barrier Reef formed 20 million years ago from corals.

The Voyager 1 spacecraft left the heliosphere in 2012, becoming the first human-made object in interstellar space.

Studies confirm that corals release chemicals to attract symbiotic algae.

The smallest country in the world, Vatican City, spans just 44 hectares. But it holds more art per square meter than anywhere else! For example, the Sistine Chapel, with its ceiling painted by Mich...

Fireballs called Min-Min lights fly across the sky at night in Queensland, Australia! Scientists explain this as light refraction from distant sources in the atmosphere.

The largest bat colony in the world lives in Bracken Cave, Texas, USA. Every night, 20 million bats fly out to hunt, eating 200 tons of insects! This spectacle draws thousands of tourists.

Along the cliffs of Ireland, the Skellig Michael island, a 6th-century monastic site, perches 230 meters high. Monks lived in stone beehive huts. Star Wars filmed there in 2015.

Black holes in space swallow everything, even light! Astrophysicists suggest the absorbed material turns into energy and is emitted as jets.

The Naica caves in Mexico change color yearly! Scientists found the changes occur because of minerals in the water and temperature fluctuations.

Have you heard the sand in the Namib Desert make music-like sounds when walked on? Researchers found this is caused by the vibration of sand grains creating an acoustic effect.

In 1971, the USSR launched the world’s first orbital station, Salyut-1. Cosmonauts lived on it for 23 days, conducting experiments. But during reentry, their capsule depressurized, and the entire...

A rare ‘crystal dolphin’ in the Caribbean Sea shines in the sun. Its skin shimmers like glass.

In 1942, a Mexican farmer stumbled upon Paricutin volcano, which grew right in his field. Within a year, it rose 424 meters, and the farmer’s village was destroyed by lava. It’s the only volcan...

The largest bird nest in the world is in South Africa—a weaver bird nest housing up to 500 birds. It looks like a giant haystack the size of a house and weighs up to 1 ton! The birds build it ove...

Archaeological digs in Turkey revealed 9,000-year-old olive tree remains, indicating early agriculture.

Archaeological finds in China revealed silk use 8,500 years ago, confirming textile technologies.

Earth’s water contains heavy water (D₂O), where hydrogen is replaced by deuterium, at a concentration of 0.0156% by mass.