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NASA scientists accidentally uncovered Camp Century, a hidden Cold War base under Greenland's ice, using advanced radar ...

Mars has long been a prime target when it comes to human exploration, and the secrets concealed by Martian ice just make the ...

NASA scientists have discovered the former military base Camp Century in Greenland. The discovery was made during tests of a ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.