earth mystery news

Rainbow meteorite discovered in Costa Rica may hold building blocks of life 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- August 27, 2020
It’s a good time to be a Costa Rican meteorite-hunter.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Just Narrowed Down The Age of Earth’s Inner Core 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- August 26, 2020
At some point in Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history, its entirely liquid iron core cooled enough to form a solid ball in the center.

By David Aragorn
Tantalizing oddity found in exotic atom—but physicists aren’t hyping it 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 26, 2020
A property of positronium—an exotic atom consisting of an electron bound to its antimatter partner, a positron—differs significantly from theoretical predictions, a team of physicists reports.

By David Aragorn
UFO Sightings In Florida: What Witnesses Saw 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 26, 2020
2020 isn’t a typical year. People all over Florida have reported seeing things in the sky they just can’t explain.

By David Aragorn
Free-Floating Exoplanets May Outnumber Stars in Milky Way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 26, 2020
Free-floating, or rogue, exoplanets — free-floating planetary-mass objects that do not orbit a star and instead travel through space — could be surprisingly common in our Milky Way Galaxy; and NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman) will detect at least 250 such free-floating planets with masses down to that of Mars, according to a new paper published in the Astronomical Journal.

By David Aragorn
Ancient star explosions revealed in deep-sea sediments 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- August 26, 2020
A mystery surrounding the space around our solar system is unfolding thanks to evidence of supernovae found in deep-sea sediments.

By David Aragorn
Space station crew spend extra night in Russian segment as air leak investigation continues 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2020
But there’s nothing to worry about, NASA officials stressed.

By David Aragorn
Here’s The Real Truth About That ‘Election Day’ Asteroid on Its Way to Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2020
If you’ve looked at the news today, you’d be forgiven for thinking a huge asteroid is on track to collide with Earth the day before the 2020 US Presidential election.

By David Aragorn
Cliff collapse reveals 313-million-year-old fossil footprints in Grand Canyon National Park 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 25, 2020
Paleontological research has confirmed a series of recently discovered fossils tracks are the oldest recorded tracks of their kind to date within Grand Canyon National Park.

By David Aragorn
Massive stone structures in Saudi Arabia may be some of oldest monuments in the world 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 25, 2020
They number in the hundreds and can be larger than an NFL football field.

By David Aragorn