From Around the Web

Giant ghostly ‘hand’ stretches through space in new X-ray views 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2021
An enormous ghostly hand stretches through the depths of space, its wispy fingers pressing against a glowing cloud.

By David Aragorn
‘It’s a wow’: New CRISPR gene-editing success holds promise for treating many genetic diseases with a single dose 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 28, 2021
Paddy Doherty of County Donegal, Ireland, recently became the fifth person in the world to have cells deep inside his body altered by the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9.

By David Aragorn
‘Mega comet’ discovered flying into solar system: scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 28, 2021
Astronomers have reportedly discovered that a large object moving from the outer reaches of the solar system will approach as close as Saturn’s orbit in the next decade.

By David Aragorn
‘Normalizing’ UFOs – retired U.S. Navy pilot recalls Tic Tac encounter 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 26, 2021
A government report on unidentified flying objects is coming soon. Texas A&M astronomer Nick Suntzeff weighs in.

By David Aragorn
Tide Teams up With NASA to Help Astronauts Do Laundry in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 26, 2021
It’s one small step for stains…

By David Aragorn
Fossil find adds to evidence of dinosaurs living in Arctic year-round 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- June 26, 2021
Fossils from tiny baby dinosaurs discovered in northernmost Alaska offer strong evidence that the prehistoric creatures lived year-round in the Arctic and were likely warm-blooded, according to a study published in the journal ‘Current Biology’.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Watches Fast Blast Wave from Exploded Star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 25, 2021
A stellar structure known as the ‘Hand of God’ is a nebula of energy and particles blown by a pulsar left behind after a star exploded in our Milky Way Galaxy. Otherwise known as MSH 15-52 or G320.4-1.2, the object is located some 17,000 light-years away in the constellation of Circinus. Astronomers estimate that light from the supernova explosion reached Earth about 1,700 years ago, or when the Mayan empire was flourishing and the Jin dynasty ruled China. Previously, astronomers had released a full view of the structure. In a paper in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, they report how quickly the supernova remnant associated with the hand is moving, as it strikes a cloud of gas called RCW 89; the inner edge of this cloud forms a gas wall located about 35 light-years from the center of the explosion.

By David Aragorn
Dark matter may slow the rotation of the Milky Way’s central bar of stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 25, 2021
A cosmic analog of tree rings hints at how the bar’s spin slowed over time

By David Aragorn
NASA studying larger Mars helicopters 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 25, 2021
With the Ingenuity helicopter continuing to demonstrate its abilities on Mars, NASA engineers are examining concepts for larger, more capable rotorcraft that could be flown on future missions.

By David Aragorn
The U.S. Is About to Change the Way the World Thinks About UFOs 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 25, 2021
A subject often dismissed as fantasy has found new legitimacy in an upcoming U.S. report into UFOs. Those who have spent their lives studying the subject say it will be a game-changer.

By David Aragorn