From Around the Web

Canada’s best-documented UFO sighting still intrigues, 50 years on 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- September 22, 2017
The first frantic callers to reach the RCMP were clear: something had crashed in the waters off Shag Harbour, N.S.

By David Aragorn
Possible Viking boat burial found beneath Trondheim market square 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 22, 2017
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a possible Viking boat burial in Central Trondheim, Norway

By David Aragorn
Giant ancient frogs might have snacked on baby dinosaurs 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 22, 2017
The frog from hell had a powerful bite.

By David Aragorn
Europe withdraws from anti-asteroid mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2017
An upcoming mission designed to test out the deflection of a large asteroid has hit a bit of a snag.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Find New Evidence for Surface Water Ice at Mercury’s North Pole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2017
A new study led by Brown University planetary researchers adds three new large members to the list of water ice-filled craters near Mercury’s north pole and shows evidence that smaller-scale deposits scattered around the north pole; those deposits may be small, but they could add up to a lot more previously unaccounted-for ice.

By David Aragorn
The disappearance of the UK’s “most spectacular” UFO photo 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- September 21, 2017
Hanging on the wall near the British government’s UFO Desk was what one of the men who occupied that desk called “the most spectacular UFO photo ever sent to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).” The photo has since disappeared, but the story of how the picture was obtained, and what it showed, has not.

By David Aragorn
SPACECRAFT BUZZES EARTH EN ROUTE TO ASTEROID 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2017
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is going to fly past Earth on Sept. 22nd, sling-shotting itself toward a potentially hazardous asteroid named “Bennu.”

By David Aragorn
Hubble discovers a unique type of object in the Solar System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2017
With the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a German-led group of astronomers have observed the intriguing characteristics of an unusual type of object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter: two asteroids orbiting each other and exhibiting comet-like features, including a bright coma and a long tail. This is the first known binary asteroid also classified as a comet. The research is presented in a paper published in the journal Nature today.

By David Aragorn
A New Computer Chip Can Store Quantum Information in the Form of Light 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 21, 2017
For the first time, researchers have developed nanoscale quantum memory chips that store information in individual photons. The chips were able to store data for 75 nanoseconds before release, with a success rate of 97 percent.

By David Aragorn
Nanosat fleet proposed for voyage to 300 asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2017
A fleet of tiny spacecraft could visit over 300 asteroids in just over three years, according to a mission study led by the Finnish Meteorological Institute.

By David Aragorn