earth mystery news

China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft completes historic Mars landing 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 25, 2021
Solar-powered rover, named Zhurong, will now survey the landing site before departing from its platform to conduct inspections.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity rover on Mars spotted from space as it climbs ‘Mont Mercou’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 25, 2021
Scientists discover a new way to monitor airborne plastic particles. But do they harm bees?

By David Aragorn
New Bacteria Species Found in Snake Poop Resists 35 Types of Antibiotics, Could Spread to Humans 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 25, 2021
Indian researchers say they have isolated two new species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from the scat, or fecal matter, of a vine snake, a mildly venomous reptile found throughout South and Southeast Asia, according to a March 14 article in the scientific journal Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

By David Aragorn
A gene-based therapy partially restored a blind man’s vision 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 25, 2021
Light-activated proteins inserted in eye nerve cells and special goggles help him see objects

By David Aragorn
Spacewatch: total lunar eclipse and largest supermoon of the year 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 25, 2021
Although the full supermoon will be easily seen from Europe and Africa, sadly the eclipse will not be

By David Aragorn
Study reveals new details on what happened in the first microsecond of Big Bang 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 24, 2021
Researchers from University of Copenhagen have investigated what happened to a specific kind of plasma—the first matter ever to be present—during the first microsecond of Big Bang. Their findings provide a piece of the puzzle to the evolution of the universe, as we know it today.

By David Aragorn
Earth’s stratosphere is shrinking due to carbon emissions 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- May 24, 2021
“It is shocking. This proves we are messing with the atmosphere up to 60 kilometres,” says researcher.

By David Aragorn
Biden fuels UFO interest after Obama acknowledged footage 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- May 22, 2021
President Joe Biden referred a question about unidentified flying objects back to former President Barack Obama after he was asked about his old boss’s recent acknowledgment of the aerial phenomena.

By David Aragorn
An ancient star casts new light on the birth of the universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 22, 2021
A distant star may be one of the oldest astronomers have seen, and its discovery reveals details about the very first stars.

By David Aragorn
Record-breaking light has more than a quadrillion electron volts of energy 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 21, 2021
Twelve gamma ray hot spots in space suggest our galaxy harbors powerful particle accelerators

By David Aragorn