earth mystery news

‘Hobbit’ humans still exist on remote island, Canadian anthropologist contends 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- May 26, 2022
Gregory Forth spoke with 30 locals who say they glimpsed hobbit-like humans on Indonesia’s Flores island

By David Aragorn
Extreme ‘Black Widow’ Pulsar Detected Just 3,000 Light-Years Away0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 25, 2022
There are some strange objects lurking in our galaxy, and astronomers have just spied an extreme new candidate roughly 3,000 to 4,000 light-years away.

By David Aragorn
Stronger gravity in the early universe may solve a cosmological conundrum0
- Earth Mysteries
- May 24, 2022
The inflationary epoch that caused our universe to rapidly expand in its earliest moments may be connected to the modern era of dark energy, thanks to a phantom component of the cosmos that changes the strength of gravity as the universe evolves, a physicist proposes in a new paper.

By David Aragorn
Is there evidence aliens have visited Earth? Here’s what’s come out of US congress hearings on ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- May 23, 2022
The United States Congress recently held a hearing into US government information pertaining to “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs).

By David Aragorn
Spooky Discovery on Mars Looks Just Like an Alien Doorway0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2022
The surface of Saturn’s moon Titan looks a bit like Earth and a new study finally explains why.

By David Aragorn
Hubble Confirms Largest Comet Nucleus Ever Seen0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 13, 2022
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers. The estimated diameter is approximately 80 miles across, making it larger than the state of Rhode Island. The nucleus is about 50 times larger than found at the heart of most known comets. Its mass is estimated to be a staggering 500 trillion tons, a hundred thousand times greater than the mass of a typical comet found much closer to the Sun.

By David Aragorn
Neptune is cooling down and scientists don’t know why0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 12, 2022
“We would expect temperatures to be slowly growing warmer, not colder.”

By David Aragorn
Earth’s magnetic field flipping linked to extinctions 42,000 years ago 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- May 11, 2022
The most recent reversal of Earth’s magnetic field may have been as recent as 42,000 years ago, according to a new analysis of fossilised tree rings. This flip of the magnetic poles would have been devastating, creating extreme weather and possibly leading to the extinction of large mammals and the Neanderthals.

By David Aragorn
Ultra-fast electron rain is pouring out of Earth’s magnetosphere, and scientists think they know why0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 10, 2022
Electron downpours can contribute to the aurora and damage spacecraft, the researchers said.

By David Aragorn
Earth Has a 27.5-Million-Year ‘Heartbeat’, But We Have No Idea What Causes It0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- May 9, 2022
In the last 260 million years, dinosaurs came and went, Pangea split into the continents and islands we see today, and humans have quickly and irreversibly changed the world we live in.

By David Aragorn