From Around the Web

How upcoming missions to Mars will help predict its wild dust storms 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2020
Future trips by rovers and astronauts will need better forecasts to survive dangerous weather

By David Aragorn
4 mysterious objects spotted in deep space are unlike anything ever seen 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2020
There’s something unusual lurking out in the depths of space: Astronomers have discovered four faint objects that at radio wavelengths are highly circular and brighter along their edges. And they’re unlike any class of astronomical object ever seen before.

By David Aragorn
‘We are all Martians!’: space explorers seek to solve the riddle of life on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2020
With the red planet’s launch window about to open, the US, China and the UAE are all sending craft to look for answers

By David Aragorn
Scientists propose plan to determine if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2020
Scientists at Harvard University and the Black Hole Initiative (BHI) have developed a new method to find black holes in the outer solar system, and along with it, determine once-and-for-all the true nature of the hypothesized Planet Nine. The paper, accepted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters, highlights the ability of the future Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) mission to observe accretion flares, the presence of which could prove or rule out Planet Nine as a black hole.

By David Aragorn
Comet captured streaking across Stonehenge night sky 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2020
A comet has been captured on camera streaking across the skies over Stonehenge.

By David Aragorn
Spacewatch: Nasa asteroid mission passes key milestone 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 13, 2020
Design review stage passed for craft intended to visit iron-and-nickel mini-world in 2026

By David Aragorn
Recent UFO Sightings In Pennsylvania: Here’s What They Saw 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 11, 2020
Residents of Pennsylvania have more than 358 reports of UFOs to the National UFO Reporting Center so far in the first half of 2020.

By David Aragorn
White dwarfs reveal new insights into the origin of carbon in the universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 11, 2020
A new analysis of white dwarf stars supports their role as a key source of carbon, an element crucial to all life, in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

By David Aragorn
Advanced technology sheds new light on evolution of teeth 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 11, 2020
The evolution of human teeth began among ancient armored fishes more than 400 million years ago. In the scientific journal Science, an international team led by researchers from Uppsala University presents groundbreaking findings about these earliest jawed vertebrates. Using powerful X-ray imaging, they show that unique fossils found near Prague contain surprisingly modern-looking teeth.

By David Aragorn
Strange New Species Discovered in Abyss at The Bottom of The Pacific Ocean 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 11, 2020
Scientists have discovered four new species and two new genera inhabiting the deep, abyssal landscape that lines the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

By David Aragorn