earth mystery news

Spaceflight affects the human body in two major, peculiar ways 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 26, 2020
30 new studies show astronauts experience telomere lengthening and mitochondrial malfunction in space.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers discover new ‘fossil galaxy’ buried deep within the Milky Way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 25, 2020
Source: Phys.org Scientists working with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys’ Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) have discovered a “fossil galaxy” hidden in the depths of our own Milky Way. This result, published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, may shake up our understanding of how the Milky Way

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Finds Deposits from Megafloods in Martian Crater 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 25, 2020
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found a series of symmetrical, 10-m- (33-foot-) high gravel ridges — sedimentologic evidence of ancient giant floods — in Gale Crater on Mars.

By David Aragorn
Trump May Block the Public From Learning the Truth About UFOs 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- November 25, 2020
With one veto, the president could prevent the Pentagon from disclosing findings on unidentified aerial phenomena.

By David Aragorn
A Fireball Of Astounding Brightness And Length Lights Up Night Skies 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 25, 2020
Observers across central Europe from Germany to Italy were wowed by a meteor burning up in the sky while taking its time falling to its final resting place(s) on Nov. 19.

By David Aragorn
China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 25, 2020
China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch on Tuesday of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon in the first bid by any country to retrieve lunar surface samples since the 1970s, a mission underscoring Chinese ambitions in space.

By David Aragorn
Utah helicopter crew discovers mysterious metal monolith deep in the desert 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- November 24, 2020
What started as routine wildlife assistance took an extraterrestrial turn for Utah’s Department of Public Safety after officers stumbled upon a mysterious monolith in the middle of rural Utah.

By David Aragorn
Human Battles AI Fighter Jet in First Man vs. Machine Test Flight 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 24, 2020
The flight could foreshadow a future where human pilots share the skies with artificial intelligence.

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk Says We Need to Live in Glass Domes Before We Can Terraform Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2020
In a reply to a tweet, Elon Musk said we will need to live in glass domes before terraforming Mars.

By David Aragorn
China launches mission to bring back material from moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2020
China launched an ambitious mission on Tuesday to bring back rocks and debris from the moon’s surface for the first time in more than 40 years—an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and of the solar system more generally.

By David Aragorn