earth mystery news

For the First Time Ever, Astronauts Mix Cement in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 11, 2019
A team of scientists on board the International Space Station have successfully mixed cement in the microgravity of space.

By David Aragorn
What has China’s rover found on the moon’s far side?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2019
Chinese media have reported that the Yutu-2 rover has discovered a “gel-like” substance in a crater on the far side of the moon. It sounds intriguing, but details are still scarce.

By David Aragorn
Last day of the dinosaurs’ reign captured in stunning detail 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 10, 2019
In an instant, the Chicxulub impact forever changed life on Earth—blasting out a huge crater, vaporizing and flinging up tons of rock, and devastating plant and animal life.

By David Aragorn
Extreme elements push the boundaries of the periodic table 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 10, 2019
For superheavy atoms, chemistry gets weird

By David Aragorn
Strange life forms found deep in a mine point to vast ‘underground Galapagos’0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 10, 2019
The rock-eating, sulfur-breathing microbes have scientists wondering what other strange creatures dwell deep below Earth’s surface.

By David Aragorn
India lost contact with its moon lander, and an astronomer thinks the spacecraft crashed into the lunar surface 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2019
The Chandrayaan-2 mission’s Vikram lander was descending toward the moon when it suddenly went off trajectory just 1.3 miles above the lunar surface.

By David Aragorn
UFOs in Barnard Castle? Near miss investigations prompt renowned ‘X Files’ investigator to speak out 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- September 9, 2019
A REAL-LIFE X Files investigator has joined a UFO researcher from the North-East in calling for more to be done to uncover the truth behind mysterious objects spotted in the skies.

By David Aragorn
Alien civilizations may have explored the galaxy and visited Earth already, new study says. We just haven’t seen them recently.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2019
There are plenty of scenarios in which aliens could exist but we haven’t heard from them, the study authors wrote. Aliens may have even visited Earth, they say, just not recently enough for us to have noticed.

By David Aragorn
NASA was watching a ferocious supernova, but what it spotted was even stranger 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2019
While observing a large supernova in the ‘Fireworks’ galaxy, researchers accidentally captured imagery of a brief, bright spot in the same galaxy that didn’t originate from the supernova.

By David Aragorn
Locals restore Apollo 11 computer, get it to run moon-landing program 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 7, 2019
Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the moon launch, a group of local computer restoration experts has succeeded in getting a half-century-old Apollo Guidance Computer into working order. They even used it to “land on the moon.”

By David Aragorn