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Area 51: UFOs, Aliens, or Secret Stealth Jets?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 4, 2020
Area 51 houses America’s military black projects.

By David Aragorn
Where were Jupiter and Saturn born?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 3, 2020
An additional planet between Saturn and Uranus was kicked out of the Solar System in its infancy

By David Aragorn
OSIRIS-REx Stows Sample of Asteroid Bennu’s Regolith 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 3, 2020
On October 28, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully stowed its Sample Return Capsule (SRC) with a sample of surface material from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.

By David Aragorn
Scientists find Madagascar chameleon last seen 100 years ago 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- November 3, 2020
Talk about good camouflage!

By David Aragorn
Were these nails used to crucify Jesus? New evidence revives controversial idea.0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- November 3, 2020
Two corroded Roman-era iron nails that some have suggested pinned Jesus to the cross appear to have been used in an ancient crucifixion, according to a new study. This research has reignited debate over the origin of the nails.

By David Aragorn
A Rare Hybrid of a Comet And an Asteroid Is Showing Off Its Cometary Traits 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 3, 2020
Centaurs are rare celestial objects that can combine some of the different features of asteroids and comets. They’re basically rocky in nature, like asteroids, but can also throw out clouds of dust and gas as their exteriors vaporize, like comets.

By David Aragorn
These Ants Spray Their Victims with Acid Before Decorating Their Nests with Their Skulls 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- November 2, 2020
There is a species of ant that could be considered one of the most grotesque out there because of its unusual choice of home decor—the decapitated heads of their victims.

By David Aragorn
Decision 2020 the Disclosure Factor 0
- Another Point of View, Citizen Hearing on Disclosure, Featured Articles
- November 2, 2020
Get out and vote!

By Claude Limberger
NorthStar satellite system to monitor threat of space debris 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- October 31, 2020
Space-based service will alert users to potential collisions between satellites and orbital junk

By David Aragorn
Juno Observes Sprites and Elves in Upper Atmosphere of Jupiter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 31, 2020
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been in orbit around Jupiter since 2016. One of its instruments is the ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS), which is primarily used to make ultraviolet images of Jupiter’s auroras. During the first four years of the mission, the UVS instrument has observed 11 transient bright flashes. These flashes look similar to lightning, but are located much higher in the atmosphere than the cloudy regions of Jupiter where lightning is generated. In a paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, researchers suggest that these are observations of transient luminous events in the gas giant’s upper atmosphere. In particular, they suggest that these events are elves, sprites or sprite halos, three types of transient luminous events that produce spectacular flashes of light very high in the Earth’s atmosphere in response to lightning strikes between clouds or between clouds and the ground.

By David Aragorn