The James Webb Space Telescope was launched December 25, 2021, with tools allowing it to peer billions of years back in time. The successor space telescope to NASA's highly touted Hubble, the Webb's infrared imaging capability is 100 times superior to Hubble's, enabling it to capture more objects at a further distance. This visual explainer its unprecedented equipment and traces its peculiar solar orbit 1 million miles from Earth.
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The SS Andrea Doria was a luxury ocean liner that sank in 1956 after colliding with the Swedish passenger liner MS Stockholm. The sinking of the Andrea Doria was one of the most famous maritime disasters of the 20th century, and it resulted in the...
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In 1988, Veteran-turned-treasure-hunter Forrest Fenn was diagnosed with cancer. Instead of brooding over the disease, Fenn packed a chest full of $1M worth of artifacts, burying it somewhere along the Rocky Mountains and launching one of the most...
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