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A Brief History of UFOs in Japan 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 7, 2021
As in the United States, the question of UFOs is gaining more attention, particularly as it relates to Japanese security.

By David Aragorn
Why science can’t resist the allure of Venus: new missions to Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 7, 2021
With a surface hot enough to melt lead, Venus has been left alone by space agencies for a decade. Now we are about to learn more about its climate – and the chances of life on other planets

By David Aragorn
UFO report: Not so splashy, but more to come 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 6, 2021
Helpful changes have resulted from attention to unexplained aerial phenomena.

By David Aragorn
Enormous white dwarf deciphered with help of Hawaiʻi telescopes 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 6, 2021
Astronomers are revelling at the discovery of a white dwarf that is the largest ever seen. White dwarfs are the collapsed remnants of stars, and this latest find is roughly the size of the Moon and 1.35 times more massive than the Sun. Researchers at the Zwicky Transient Facility at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory made the discovery. To help characterize the dead star, astronomers turned to the W.M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea and University of Hawaiʻi’s Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) on Haleakalā, Maui.

By David Aragorn
Astronauts at China’s new space station conduct first spacewalk 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 6, 2021
Two astronauts work for seven hours outside Tiangong station, in first of two spacewalks planned for mission

By David Aragorn
Scientists use bacteria to make vanilla flavouring out of plastic bottles 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 6, 2021
Scientists say that plastic bottles can be used to create vanilla flavouring, which would reduce pollution and help supply the global demand for this spice

By David Aragorn
A tiny bone is changing how we think about Neanderthals 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- July 6, 2021
A tiny piece of bone that once belonged to a giant Ice Age deer is changing how we think about Neanderthals.

By David Aragorn
Caspian Sea explosion blamed on underwater ‘mud volcano’0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 5, 2021
An underwater explosion launched a towering column of fire into the sky over the gas-rich Caspian Sea on Sunday, in a stunning display said to have been caused by a so-called “mud volcano” in Azerbaijan.

By David Aragorn
Stonehenge: Did ancient ‘machine’ move stones from Wales?0
- Ancient Archeology, Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 5, 2021
It is a mystery that has confounded experts for centuries – how were huge stones transported 180 miles (290km) from the Preseli Hills to Stonehenge?

By David Aragorn
Black holes imaged gobbling up neutron stars ‘like Pac Man’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 3, 2021
For the first time, astronomers have observed black holes gobbling up neutron stars “like Pac Man.”

By David Aragorn