From Around the Web

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was as strong as 10 billion atomic bombs, study says 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- September 16, 2019
When a colossal space rock came crashing down 66 million years ago onto what is now the Yucatan Penninsula in Mexico, it triggered widespread changes on Earth and abruptly ended the reign of the dinosaurs. Now, researchers are focusing on learning the extent of the asteroid’s destructive might and the immediate aftermath at ground zero, a location now known as the Chicxulub crater.

By David Aragorn
Black hole at centre of galaxy is getting hungrier, say scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 14, 2019
Scientists say Milky Way’s Sagittarius A* has been more active in recent months

By David Aragorn
The Blackest Black: MIT Engineers Develop a Material so Dark, That It Makes Things Disappear 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 14, 2019
The “cloak-like” material has made a diamond so black, it appears as a flat, black void.

By David Aragorn
NASA lunar orbiter to image Chandrayaan 2 landing site next week 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 14, 2019
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will try to locate India’s Vikram lander on the moon during a flyover of the landing site Tuesday. Indian space officials said they found the disabled spacecraft on the moon using the country’s own Chandrayaan 2 orbiter, but declined to release any images.

By David Aragorn
Dutchmen arrested at secret US airbase Area 51 with drones and cameras 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- September 13, 2019
Two Dutch men have been arrested in the US for trying to enter an area of desert in Nevada known as Area 51, which is controlled by the military.

By David Aragorn
Bigfoot’s Watching Me: N.C. Man Shares Footage Of Something In The Woods 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 13, 2019
“They are there, people,” the Bigfoot enthusiast said. “They’re there and we need to respect them.”

By David Aragorn
Scientists detect the ringing of a newborn black hole for the first time 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 13, 2019
Results support Einstein’s theory and the idea that black holes have no ‘hair’

By David Aragorn
This Skull Is Not Real And Never Existed. But It Could Be Your Ancestor All The Same 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 13, 2019
In the story of our species, Africa is known as the cradle of humanity. Somewhere on this vast continent, hundreds of thousands of years ago, a group of early humans is thought to have diverged from the others, ultimately spreading across Africa and the rest of the world.

By David Aragorn
Mystery Black Hole Appears to Have Hurled a Star Across the Milky Way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 13, 2019
A mysterious black hole—that has yet to be discovered—in one of our galaxy’s spiral arms appears to have hurled a star across the Milky Way, an international team of astronomers has said.

By David Aragorn
World’s most powerful electric eel discovered, can generate 860-volt shock 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 12, 2019
Lurking in the waters of the Amazon basin is a new species of electric eel that scientists say can generate a greater electrical discharge than any other known animal.

By David Aragorn