We will rock you: the world prepares for Asteroid Day0
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- June 29, 2019
Events are planned in 192 countries, so there’s something for everyone. Jeff Glorfeld reports
Events are planned in 192 countries, so there’s something for everyone. Jeff Glorfeld reports
David Coneyworth wrote the letter when he was just 15 years old
The first reported UFO sighting in modern history happened somewhere above Mount Rainier in 1947. A pilot named Kenneth Arnold saw flying objects that looked like “saucers” or “pie pans” — shadowy shapes against the Washington mountain’s snowy facade.
A new $850 million drone-like lander will be venturing on to (and above) the surface of Saturn’s enigmatic moon.
European and U.N. bodies on Thursday outlined a joint push for global action on space junk, saying that debris orbiting the earth must be cleaned up as satellites launched by private companies and other new entrants are adding to the crowding.
It’s no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical concerns. Correct though it is to proceed with caution in these matters, the fact is that much science would benefit from being able to study human biology more accurately.
The UFO-investigating group MUFON turns 50 next month. What have we learned over the past five decades?
It was just a couple of days ago that NASA announced something pretty exciting about Mars. Its Curiosity rover had detected shockingly high levels of methane, suggesting an unseen geological or even biological process was at work on the planet. Signs of past or present life? Perhaps, but a follow-up reading has now generated more questions than answers.
The Mississippi town of Pascagoula has placed a marker next to the river where two men were abducted by aliens.