earth mystery news

Iris Scans to Replace Fingerprints 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 15, 2016
FBI officials have scanned the irises of nearly 460,000 people in a pilot program that may soon replace fingerprints.

By David Aragorn
Star Vanishes: Stellar Disappearance Could Be Evidence Of Aliens, Say Scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2016
Could the sudden disappearance of stars prove of an alien civilization?

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Next Mars Rover Progresses Toward 2020 Launch 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 15, 2016
After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover, currently targeted to launch in summer of 2020 and arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers find evidence for ‘direct collapse’ black hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2016
Astronomers have recently discovered unusual source of intense radiation that is likely powered by a “direct-collapse black hole,” a type of object predicted by theorists more than a decade ago.

By David Aragorn
Flavour changing neutrinos give insight into Big Bang 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 15, 2016
The question of why are we here perhaps means different things to different people, but in the field of particle physics it is a question that we may be close to finding an answer to.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious Plasma Shield Protecting Earth 0
- From Around the Web
- July 15, 2016
Fascinating article from 2014

By Around the Web Editor
Our universe could be reborn as a bouncing baby cosmos 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2016
The universe could bounce through its own demise and emerge unscathed. A new “big bounce” model shows how the universe could shrink to a point and grow again, using just the cosmic ingredients we know about now.

By David Aragorn
Discovery of 3,000-Year-Old Philistine Cemetery May Change History 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 14, 2016
A team of researchers have unearthed the first known cemetery of the Philistines in southern Israel, which may reveal the origins of the famous Hebrew Biblical villains, who made up one of the tribes of Sea Peoples. Due to the discovery, many answers have finally been found regarding these mysterious people.

By David Aragorn
Warm Jupiters not as lonely as expected 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2016
After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers from the University of Toronto have given us our clearest understanding yet of a class of exoplanets called “Warm Jupiters”, showing that many have unexpected planetary companions.

By David Aragorn
Biggest galactic map will throw light on ‘dark energy’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2016
An international team of astronomers has created the largest ever three-dimensional map of distant galaxies in a bid to help them understand one of the most mysterious forces in the universe.

By David Aragorn