earth mystery news

The kilogram just got a revamp. A unit of time might be next 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 21, 2019
The unit of mass is now defined by a fundamental constant of nature, not a hunk of metal

By David Aragorn
Weird Norfolk: The Flying Saucer that hovered 40ft above rooftops in Dereham 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- May 21, 2019
In Weird Norfolk’s history of mysteries, sightings of UFOs remain high on the list of unsolved phenomena. In the late 1970s, a flying saucer was spotted hovering above the rooftops of Dereham town centre – did it return, years later, for another visit?

By David Aragorn
Shrinking moon may be generating moonquakes 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2019
The Moon is shrinking as its interior cools, getting more than about 150 feet (50 meters) skinnier over the last several hundred million years. Just as a grape wrinkles as it shrinks down to a raisin, the Moon gets wrinkles as it shrinks. Unlike the flexible skin on a grape, the Moon’s surface crust is brittle, so it breaks as the Moon shrinks, forming “thrust faults” where one section of crust is pushed up over a neighboring part.

By David Aragorn
Aliens Among Us?! This Is Why SCIENTISTS Think It’s Actually Possible…0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, UFO News
- May 20, 2019
Some of today’s Scientists are pushing theories on how aliens are actually visiting us. Philip Defanco and his news team goes through the story.

By David Aragorn
Wandering Earth: rocket scientist explains how we could move our planet 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- May 18, 2019
In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth’s orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding sun – and prevent a collision with Jupiter.

By David Aragorn
Natural compound found in broccoli reawakens the function of potent tumor suppressor 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 18, 2019
Finding offers potential novel approach to cancer treatment and prevention

By David Aragorn
Sedimentary, dear Johnson: Is NASA looking at the wrong rocks for clues to Martian life?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 18, 2019
In 2020, NASA and European-Russian missions will look for evidence of past life on Mars. But while volcanic, igneous rock predominates on the Red Planet, virtually the entire Earth fossil record comes from sedimentary rocks.

By David Aragorn
UFO Researcher Stanton Friedman Dead at 84 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- May 17, 2019
Nuclear physicist and famed UFO researcher Stanton Friedman has died at 84, the CBC reports.

By David Aragorn
Electric ‘flying taxi’ prototype unveiled by German start-up 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 17, 2019
Lilium says electric jet-powered five-seater aircraft could be in service by 2025

By David Aragorn
UFOlogists to converge on site of 1967 Falcon Lake enounter 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- May 17, 2019
More than 50 years ago, a Manitoba man had an out-of-this-world experience in the woods near Falcon Lake, and the site has attracted UFO fans from around the world – many of whom will converge around the area for the upcoming Falcon Lake UFO Encounter Weekend.

By David Aragorn