earth mystery news

‘Unseen’ Meteor That Exploded Over Bering Sea Caught on Camera After All 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 26, 2019
A meteor that snuck by the world’s telescopes and exploded over the Bering Sea was caught on camera after all.

By David Aragorn
Schrödinger’s kittens: New thought experiment breaks quantum theory 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 26, 2019
A twist on the famous Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment could undermine quantum physics – or provide a path to a deeper understanding of how the world works

By David Aragorn
Astronauts work on ISS power upgrades in first spacewalk of 2019 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 25, 2019
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, pictured top, and Anne McClain spent more than six and a half hours outside the International Space Station on March 22, 2019.

By David Aragorn
Big Questions About Small Worlds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 23, 2019
Scientists who study the solar system tend to ask big questions: How was our solar system formed? Where did the building blocks of life come from? What hazards from above threaten life on our planet? To find answers, they’re looking more and more at small worlds.

By David Aragorn
Evidence for a Human Geomagnetic Sense 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 23, 2019
Scientists develop a robust experiment that shows human brain waves respond to changes in Earth-strength magnetic fields.

By David Aragorn
Philosophers and neuroscientists join forces to see whether science can solve the mystery of free will 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 23, 2019
A new research program on free will teams up neuroscientists and philosophers

By David Aragorn
Planet Venus: Hopes rise of new mission to the hothouse world 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 23, 2019
The longstanding idea that Venus is geologically dead is a “myth”, scientists say.

By David Aragorn
China clones ‘Sherlock Holmes’ police dog to cut training times: state media 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 22, 2019
A researcher interacts with Kunxun, a dog cloned from a police dog, in Beijing, China February 22, 2019.

By David Aragorn
Bolivian tombs reveal human remains and Inca artefacts from 500 years ago 1
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 21, 2019
Tombs contained remains of more than 100 people and vessels used by Incas for performing death rites

By David Aragorn
Evidence of ice age at Martian north pole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2019
Using radar data collected by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a Southwest Research Institute-led team found evidence of an ice age recorded in the polar deposits of Mars. Ice ages on Mars are driven by processes similar to those responsible for ice ages on Earth, that is, long-term cyclical changes in the planet’s orbit and tilt, which affect the amount of solar radiation it receives at each latitude.

By David Aragorn