earth mystery news

Enormous white dwarf deciphered with help of Hawaiʻi telescopes 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 6, 2021
Astronomers are revelling at the discovery of a white dwarf that is the largest ever seen. White dwarfs are the collapsed remnants of stars, and this latest find is roughly the size of the Moon and 1.35 times more massive than the Sun. Researchers at the Zwicky Transient Facility at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory made the discovery. To help characterize the dead star, astronomers turned to the W.M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea and University of Hawaiʻi’s Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) on Haleakalā, Maui.

By David Aragorn
Astronauts at China’s new space station conduct first spacewalk 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 6, 2021
Two astronauts work for seven hours outside Tiangong station, in first of two spacewalks planned for mission

By David Aragorn
Scientists use bacteria to make vanilla flavouring out of plastic bottles 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 6, 2021
Scientists say that plastic bottles can be used to create vanilla flavouring, which would reduce pollution and help supply the global demand for this spice

By David Aragorn
A tiny bone is changing how we think about Neanderthals 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 6, 2021
A tiny piece of bone that once belonged to a giant Ice Age deer is changing how we think about Neanderthals.

By David Aragorn
Caspian Sea explosion blamed on underwater ‘mud volcano’0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 5, 2021
An underwater explosion launched a towering column of fire into the sky over the gas-rich Caspian Sea on Sunday, in a stunning display said to have been caused by a so-called “mud volcano” in Azerbaijan.

By David Aragorn
Stonehenge: Did ancient ‘machine’ move stones from Wales?0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 5, 2021
It is a mystery that has confounded experts for centuries – how were huge stones transported 180 miles (290km) from the Preseli Hills to Stonehenge?

By David Aragorn
Black holes imaged gobbling up neutron stars ‘like Pac Man’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 3, 2021
For the first time, astronomers have observed black holes gobbling up neutron stars “like Pac Man.”

By David Aragorn
The sky is full of potential UFOs—here’s why 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 3, 2021
The technology that surveys our skies isn’t designed to spot and identify everything that flies.

By David Aragorn
Should You Buy Alien Abduction Insurance?0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 2, 2021
This Friday is World UFO Day, a date promoted by those who believe that “a world watches over us.”

By David Aragorn
World UFO Day: Five times UFOs were reported in Oswestry 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 2, 2021
THE question ‘are we alone in the universe?’ has been debated for centuries – but some Oswestry residents are almost certain we are not living on the only planet to host life.

By David Aragorn