earth mystery news

A spacecraft is about to swing by Earth to get a gravity assist on its way to Mercury 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2020
BepiColombo needs our planet’s help

By David Aragorn
The Easter Bunny Is An Essential Worker, New Zealand’s Ardern Says 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- April 10, 2020
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared the Easter Bunny to be an essential worker in her country, stating that the rabbit can go about its mysterious business this Sunday as usual, despite a nationwide lockdown.

By David Aragorn
Scientists capture image of black hole emitting high-energy jets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2020
Detailed image taken by Event Horizon Telescope of black hole 5bn light years away

By David Aragorn
Behold! See the Hubble telescope’s iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’ view in infrared 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2020
Scientists have revisited one of the most iconic images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing incredible details in infrared light.

By David Aragorn
Gliese 338Bb: Super-Earth Found in Nearby Binary System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2020
Astronomers using the CARMENES spectrograph at Calar Alto Observatory in Spain have discovered a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting an M-dwarf star in the binary system Gliese 338. The newfound planet orbits on the inner edge of the habitable zone and is much more massive than Earth.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious human ancestor finds its place in our family tree 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 9, 2020
When it comes to deciphering our ancient family tree, DNA from fossils is the new gold standard. But after about half a million years, even the best-preserved DNA degrades into illegibility, leaving the story of our early evolution shrouded in mystery. A new study of proteins taken from the tooth of an enigmatic human ancestor reveals their rough place in the family tree—and shows how ancient proteins can push beyond the limits of DNA.

By David Aragorn
Universe may not be expanding the same way in all directions, new Nasa and ESA study suggests, challenging fundamental idea of cosmology 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2020
‘This would contradict one of the most basic underlying assumptions we use in cosmology today’

By David Aragorn
New Paper Suggests Life Could Be Common Across The Universe, Just Not Near Us 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2020
The building blocks of life can, and did, spontaneously assemble under the right conditions. That’s called spontaneous generation, or abiogenesis.

By David Aragorn
No star, no problem: Radioactivity could make otherwise frozen planets habitable 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 8, 2020
Not too close, but not too far. That’s long been the rule describing how distant a planet should be from its star in order to sustain life. But a new study challenges that adage: A planet can maintain water and other liquids on its surface if it’s heated, not by starlight, but by radioactive decay, researchers calculate. That opens up the possibility for many planets—even free-floating worlds untethered to stars—to host life, they speculate.

By David Aragorn
Russian space agency says Trump paving way to seize other planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 8, 2020
The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, accused Donald Trump on Tuesday of creating a basis to take over other planets by signing an executive order outlining U.S. policy on commercial mining in space.

By David Aragorn