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The map below shows the location of Bursa and Istanbul. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

The map below shows the location of Shanghai and Dalian. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

According to astronomer Avi Loeb, it's the perfect day to test whether interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is the remnant of an ...