earth mystery news

Likely active volcanoes found on Venus, defying theory of dormant planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2020
Researchers identify 37 ring-like structures known as coronae that are believed to be living volcanoes

By David Aragorn
The Pentagon Moves To Launch Its Own Experimental Mini Space Station 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2020
The goal is for the space-based platform to support various test, training, and other missions, possibly with humans aboard in the future.

By David Aragorn
Researchers Produce First ‘Telomere-To-Telomere’ Sequence of Human Chromosome 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 21, 2020
A team of U.S. and U.K. scientists has generated the end-to-end gapless DNA sequence of the human X chromosome.

By David Aragorn
Global population predicted to peak by 2064 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 21, 2020
Scientists expect it to fall by the end of the century due to a decrease in the overall fertility rate.

By David Aragorn
New insight into the origin of water on the earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2020
Scientists have found the interstellar organic matter could produce an abundant supply of water by heating, suggesting that organic matter could be the source of terrestrial water.

By David Aragorn
CERN Physicists Discover Four-Charm-Quark Particle 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 20, 2020
Physicists from CERN’s LHCb Collaboration have discovered a new tetraquark particle, named X(6900), composed of two charm quarks and two charm antiquarks.

By David Aragorn
NASA announces seven-month launch delay for JWST 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 18, 2020
NASA officials said Thursday the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed seven months to Oct. 31, 2021, a schedule slip that takes into account work slowdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the amount of testing required on the observatory before its shipment to French Guiana for liftoff on a European Ariane 5 rocket.

By David Aragorn
How A Supermassive Black Hole Can Kill Its Galaxy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 18, 2020
Despite the vast numbers of galaxies we can study, astronomers have struggled to make sense of their evolution. In particular, there is the question of what causes some galaxies to “die”, ceasing star formation, but the galactic structure and black hole size may provide an answer.

By David Aragorn
The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 18, 2020
With the pandemic and a global uprising against racial injustice to be explained away, conspiracy communities are bleeding into each other, merging into one gigantic mass of suspicion.

By David Aragorn
Scientists discover ultra-black deep sea fish, among the darkest creatures ever found 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 18, 2020
The fish was found at 200 to 2,000 meters below the surface.

By David Aragorn