earth mystery news

Lightning struck near the North Pole 48 times. It’s not normal.0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- August 15, 2019
A warmer Arctic in general provided the fuel for lightning-producing thunderheads to move north.

By David Aragorn
Dark matter may be older than the Big Bang 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 15, 2019
Dark matter, which researchers believe make up about 80% of the universe’s mass, is one of the most elusive mysteries in modern physics. What exactly it is and how it came to be is a mystery, but a new Johns Hopkins University study now suggests that dark matter may have existed before the Big Bang.

By David Aragorn
Deepfake danger: what a viral clip of Bill Hader morphing into Tom Cruise tells us 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 15, 2019
Are deepfakes a threat to democracy? The creator of a series of viral clips says he is raising awareness of their subversive potential

By David Aragorn
NASA Is Going Mythological With Asteroid Bennu 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2019
Asteroid Bennu is one of the Near-Earth Objects that is currently being studied by NASA.

By David Aragorn
NASA finds evidence of ‘interplanetary shock’ for first time 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2019
NASA has captured a phenomenon in space that has eluded humanity for centuries — an “interplanetary shock.”

By David Aragorn
Bernie Sanders Pledges to Release Any Information About Aliens If He’s Elected in 2020: Report 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 14, 2019
Of course, that’s IF there’s any alien deets to release.

By David Aragorn
This rock-eating ‘worm’ could change the course of rivers 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- August 14, 2019
Shipworms have long been a menace to humankind, sinking ships, undermining piers, and even eating their way through Dutch dikes in the mid-1700s. Now, researchers have found the first shipworm that eschews wood for a very different diet: rock.

By David Aragorn
World’s biggest frogs are so strong they move heavy rocks to build their own ponds 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- August 14, 2019
Frogs are slimy, noisy and often colorful. But what about freakishly strong, helicopter parents?

By David Aragorn
Colombia confirms that dreaded fungus has hit its banana plantations 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- August 14, 2019
Colombia has declared a national state of emergency following confirmation that a dread fungus has appeared in the country’s banana plantations.

By David Aragorn
Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Will Zoom By Earth on Aug. 28 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 14, 2019
August’s asteroid activity is not over yet: According to NASA data, another “potentially hazardous” space rock about the size of the Washington Monument will fly by Earth at the end of the month.

By David Aragorn