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Space Force opens SpaceWERX technology accelerator in Los Angeles 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- December 8, 2020
Lt. Gen. Thompson: SpaceWERX will “help us ensure the Space Force can tap into cutting edge space technologies.”

By David Aragorn
See the Incredible First Image of a Sunspot From the Inouye Solar Telescope 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 8, 2020
The U.S. NSF’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope just released its first image of a sunspot. The telescope’s four-meter primary mirror will give the best views of the Sun from Earth throughout the next solar cycle. This image is an indication of the telescope’s advanced optics. The image is released along with the first of a series of Inouye-related articles featured in the Solar Physics Journal.

By David Aragorn
Revealed: Isaac Newton’s attempts to unlock secret code of pyramids 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- December 8, 2020
Unpublished notes show he believed ancient structures held key to the apocalypse

By David Aragorn
Japanese space officials eager to analyze asteroid samples 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 7, 2020
Japanese space officials said they are excited about the return of a capsule that landed safely in the Australian Outback on Sunday while carrying soil samples from a distant asteroid, and that they are eager to begin analyzing the “treasure” inside.

By David Aragorn
NASA reveals the companies that will collect extraterrestrial resources 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 5, 2020
NASA has announced the private companies it will use to collect ‘extraterrestrial resources.’ The space agency previously revealed intentions to tap commercial enterprises for space resource collection, underscoring its continued work with private businesses to speed up its missions and cut down costs. The arrangement will kick off with these companies collecting lunar regolith.

By David Aragorn
Study: Early Mars Likely Had Energy Source for Underground Life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 5, 2020
According to a new study published in the journal Science Advances, the Martian subsurface would have been the most habitable region for simple life forms on the planet, likely due to underground melting of thick ice sheets fueled by geothermal heat.

By David Aragorn
Why losing Arecibo is a big deal for astronomy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 5, 2020
The giant radio telescope had special features that aren’t easily replaced

By David Aragorn
Leaked Photo Surfaces of Purported Unidentified Aerial Phenomena 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- December 5, 2020
The Debrief has learned of the leak of an unclassified photo, said to have been widely distributed in the Intelligence Community, which purportedly shows what the DoD has characterized as “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.”

By David Aragorn
After six years and 6bn km, Japan’s Hayabusa2 prepares to bring home cargo of asteroid dust 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 4, 2020
Japanese craft collected dust from the asteroid Ryugu that scientists hope could shed light on the origins of life

By David Aragorn
New mystery metal monolith appears on a California mountaintop 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- December 4, 2020
Not long after a similar structure was discovered in a Utah desert, a silvery column has been found in Atascadero

By David Aragorn