earth mystery news

‘Near-Earth’ asteroid set to pass us by today at 21,000mph 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 29, 2017
Object first identified on Christmas Day will travel between our planet and the moon

By David Aragorn
These are the greatest unsolved mysteries of 2017 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- December 29, 2017
A BAFFLING discovery inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid was among the scientific discoveries and unsolved mysteries that left us scratching our heads this year.

By David Aragorn
Dowsing, Energy and Moving Forward – An Interview With Jody Maas 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- December 29, 2017
Dowsing isn’t just for water; Jody Maas is an energy and spiritual dowser. With 40 years experience, Maas considers dowsing a life skill for everyone.

By David Aragorn
UFO traverses night sky over western Russia 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- December 29, 2017
A UFO in the form of a ball of light slowly traversed the night sky over the western Russian city of Lipetsk before exploding in mid-air. The mystery object’s flight was caught on camera by a number of eyewitnesses.

By David Aragorn
Plants Are Better at Complex Decision-Making Than We Ever Realised 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 29, 2017
Pretty good for not having a brain.

By David Aragorn
The Unsolved Mystery of the Tunnels at Baiae 0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- December 28, 2017
Did ancient priests fool visitors to a sulfurous subterranean stream that they had crossed the River Styx and entered Hades?

By David Aragorn
Giant bubbles on red giant star’s surface 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 28, 2017
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time directly observed granulation patterns on the surface of a star outside the Solar System — the ageing red giant π1 Gruis. This remarkable new image from the PIONIER instrument reveals the convective cells that make up the surface of this huge star, which has 350 times the diameter of the Sun. Each cell covers more than a quarter of the star’s diameter and measures about 120 million kilometres across. These new results are being published this week in the journal Nature.

By David Aragorn
Today’s archaeologists are putting down shovels and turning to tech 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 28, 2017
Move over Indiana Jones; it’s all about robots here in 2017!

By David Aragorn
The biggest scientific breakthroughs of the year, now in video form!0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 28, 2017
Each year, Science’s editors and writers highlight a top research achievement as their Breakthrough of the Year.

By David Aragorn
Potentially hazardous, near-Earth asteroid, larger than thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 28, 2017
Classified as “potentially hazardous”, the near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon has a diameter of about six kilometres — roughly one kilometre larger than previous estimates, new radar images obtained by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico suggest.

By David Aragorn