#Great Pyramid of Giza

Author: Paul Ratner / Source: Big Think NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are working together on missions to a binary asteroid system. The DART and Hera missions will attempt to deflect and study the asteroid Didymoon. A planetary defense system is important in preventing large-scale

Author: Derek Beres / Source: Big Think The asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan caused a mile-high tsunami. The wave was 52 times higher and 2,600 times more energetic than the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed over 227,000 people. Sediment was disturbed 3,700 miles from the site of the

Author: Maria Temming / Source: Science News for Students Particles from outer space have helped uncover a mysterious void deep inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest pyramid in Egypt. Researchers made the discovery using high-tech devices that typically are used only for experiments in

Author: Philip Perry / Source: Big Think The Great Pyramid itself, built by the Pharaoh Khufu (or Cheops) is one of the oldest monuments standing. It’s 456 ft. high (139 m) and thought to be around 4,500 years old. This is the largest of all the ancient pyramids and one of the most impressive

Source: Sunny Skyz Scientists have discovered a huge, secret space hidden within the the Great Pyramid of Giza’s ancient walls. The cavity is the first major inner structure discovered in the pyramid since the 1800s. Until now, despite centuries of study, no one knew this space was there.