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UFO Headline News May 22, 2017 0
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- May 23, 2017
UFO Headline News May 22, 2017

By Carole Carle
Distance at which supernova would spark mass extinctions on Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2017
In 2016, researchers published “slam dunk” evidence, based on iron-60 isotopes in ancient seabed, that supernovae buffeted the Earth — one of them about 2.6 million years ago. University of Kansas researcher Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy, supported those findings in Nature with an associated letter, titled “Supernovae in the neighborhood.”

By David Aragorn
Scientists just heard something really weird in space, and can’t figure out where it came from 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2017
Researchers from around the world are scratching their heads over a newly discovered radio burst detected on Earth, but with a completely unknown origin.

By David Aragorn
Comet 67P Found to Be Producing Its Own Oxygen in Deep Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2017
The finding shows that oxygen can be generated in space without the need for life, and could influence how researchers search for signs of life on exoplanets.

By David Aragorn
An Asteroid May Kill Us All. Congress Is Pinching Pennies.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 19, 2017
Spending $50 million a year is a pittance in terms of managing this existential risk.

By David Aragorn
UFO Headline News May 17, 2017 0
- Podcasts
- May 18, 2017
UFO Headline News May 17, 2017

By Carole Carle
The Search for Life on Mars Is about to Get Weird 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 18, 2017
Astrobiologists ponder sending gene sequencers, weather stations, drilling rigs and more to the Red Planet

By David Aragorn
Solving one of nature’s great puzzles: What drives the accelerating expansion of the universe?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 17, 2017
UBC physicists may have solved one of nature’s great puzzles: what causes the accelerating expansion of our universe?

By David Aragorn
Ceres’ Temporary Atmosphere Linked to Solar Activity 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 17, 2017
Scientists have long thought that Ceres may have a very weak, transient atmosphere, but mysteries lingered about its origin and why it’s not always present.

By David Aragorn
Primitive atmosphere discovered around ‘Warm Neptune’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 17, 2017
A pioneering new study uncovering the ‘primitive atmosphere’ surrounding a distant world could provide a pivotal breakthrough in the search to how planets form and develop in far-flung galaxies.

By David Aragorn