earth mystery news

A newfound feathered dinosaur sported fuzz and weird rods on its shoulders 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 16, 2020
The chicken-sized carnivore is the first feathered dino fossil found in the Southern Hemisphere

By David Aragorn
TESS Discovers Two Small and Warm Exoplanets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 16, 2020
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered two exoplanets transiting inactive red dwarf stars TOI-122 and TOI-237.

By David Aragorn
Ethics Report Gives France Permission To Create ‘Augmented Soldiers’0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 16, 2020
The French military has just received the all-clear to produce “augmented soldiers’ following a report from the ethical committee of the armed forces ministry. The report considers the use of prosthetics, medical treatments, and implants that either enhance “physical, cognitive, perceptive and psychological capacities” orthat could connect to other soldiers or weapon systems, and notes that other countries are already working on such advancements and France should be allowed to keep up.

By David Aragorn
The Milky Way’s central black hole may have turned nearby red giant stars blue 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 15, 2020
A powerful blast from the supermassive black hole may explain a lack of large, red stars there

By David Aragorn
Bizarre alien world may be analog of our solar system’s putative Planet Nine 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 15, 2020
HD 106906 b is interesting for many reasons.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid dust recovered from Japan’s daring Hayabusa2 mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 15, 2020
Scientists hope the dark grains from asteroid Ryugu will improve their understanding of the Solar Systems’ formation.

By David Aragorn
Aliens and ‘Galactic Federation’ exist, ex-Israeli space chief claims 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- December 15, 2020
There is allegedly a Galactic Federation of alien species among the stars — and they don’t want humans to be part of their club.

By David Aragorn
China’s Chang’e 5 moon lander is no more after successfully snagging lunar rocks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 15, 2020
China’s Chang’e 5 lander touched down on the moon and collected the first lunar samples in nearly 50 years, but now the lights have gone out.

By David Aragorn
“Pulsating Sphere” Sighted Near Sacramento 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- December 14, 2020
Two cases from MUFON’s databases of two similar sightings of these strange ‘pulsating sphere’ UFOs.

By David Aragorn
New 2-D Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) layered perovskite-based solar cells 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 12, 2020
In recent years, researchers worldwide have been trying to develop solar cells and other technologies that can produce electrical energy from renewable sources, as these could reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and thus help to preserve life on our planet. Solar cells can be built using a variety of materials, including silicon, copper or other semiconductors.

By David Aragorn