From Around the Web

Tiny walking rover bound for the moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 11, 2019
A lunar rover which will explore the moon on foot in 2021 was unveiled in London on Thursday.

By David Aragorn
This Is the World’s First Diamond Within a Diamond 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- October 10, 2019
The so-called Russian nesting doll diamond is the first of its kind to ever be found.

By David Aragorn
A DOUBLE GIGANTIC JET 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 10, 2019
Since sprites were discovered in the late 1980s, researchers have photographed thousands of the strange upward-reaching lightning bolts. Their oversized cousins, Gigantic Jets, are far more rare. Only dozens have been photographed. It is no wonder, then, that observers are still seeing new behaviors in this type of powerful “super sprite.” On Oct. 2nd, photographer Frankie Lucena may have recorded the first example of a “double Gigantic Jet.”

By David Aragorn
Ten years after ‘suicide’ mission, NASA thirsts for lunar water 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 10, 2019
A decade after NASA sent a rocket crashing into the moon’s south pole, spewing a plume of debris that revealed vast reserves of ice beneath the barren lunar surface, the space agency is racing to pick up where its little-remembered project left off.

By David Aragorn
Saturn overtakes Jupiter as host to most moons in solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 10, 2019
The gas giant has 82 moons, surpassing the 79 known to orbit its larger neighbour

By David Aragorn
US Navy confirms UFO videos are authentic 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- October 10, 2019
The news headline in a September 2019 issue of the Inquirer caught my interest: “US Navy says UFO videos shot by its pilots are authentic.”

By David Aragorn
Scorched ancient scrolls could be made readable once again 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 9, 2019
Carbonized papyrus scrolls may again see the light after thousands of years.

By David Aragorn
Nobel prize in physics awarded to cosmology and exoplanet researchers 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- October 9, 2019
James Peebles laid foundation for modern cosmology while Swiss pair found first exoplanet

By David Aragorn
UFO enthusiasts travel to Thailand’s Nakhon Sawan for ‘Buddhist aliens’0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- October 9, 2019
Human tourists are flocking to a city in Thailand hoping to catch a glimpse of extraterrestrial tourists, according to CNN.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity Rover finds an ancient oasis on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2019
If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years, what would Mars look like? The picture is evolving among scientists working with NASA’s Curiosity rover.

By David Aragorn