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What Happened to the Astronaut Who Was Lost in Space For 311 Days?
Sergei Krikalyov; born 27 August 1958) a Russian mechanical engineer and former cosmonaut and a prominent rocket scientist, was a veteran of six space flights and ranks third to Gennady Padalka and Yuri Malenchenko for the most time spent in space: a total of 803 days, 9 hours, and 39 minutes. Krikalev was stranded on board the Mir station during … Continue reading
We Can Find Alien Life Within 25 Years, Astrophysicist Claims
“This time-frame, he argues, is ambitious but not “unrealistic”.” via unexplained-mysteries image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech The James Webb Space Telescope may not find evidence of alien life, but the next telescope probably will. Sasha Quanz – an astrophysicist at Switzerland’s federal technology institute ETH Zurich – recently suggsted that we could find evidence of life on other worlds within … Continue reading
Men’s Brains ‘Shrink’ After Birth of First Child, Research Shows
“Such changes to the brain explain some previous studies, including ones suggesting that males may also suffer from postpartum depression to some extent…” by Tim Korso via sputniknews Pregnant women also undergo changes to their brain structure to accommodate for upcoming changes in their lives, in addition to shifts in hormone production related to bearing a child. However, similar changes … Continue reading
NASA Finds Organic Matter in Rock Samples on Mars
“”SHERLOC’s analysis indicates the samples feature a class of organic molecules…” by Arin Waichulis via space explored Earlier today, NASA briefed the public on the Perseverance rover’s current status on Mars, discussed highlights from the mission so far, and announced the discovery of organic molecules that could be associated with life. But this discovery comes with an 82 million-mile caveat. … Continue reading
Space Sounds Very Eerie in this New NASA Audio Clip
“The resulting audio is undeniably creepy…” via unexplained-mysteries Image caption/credit: The cluster is situated 250 million light years away/ NASA The newly released clip is a processed recording of sound waves rippling through clouds of gas and plasma. The iconic tagline from the movie ‘Alien’ states – “in space, no-one can hear you scream” – and in the vacuum of … Continue reading
What Would Happen If All the Planets of the Solar System Aligned?
In 1609, famous astronomer Johannes Kepler published the first two of his three laws of planetary motion, which held that planets move around the sun in ellipses, not circles (as had been widely believed up to that time). He also stated that planets speed up as they approach the sun and slow down as they move away. Then, in 1619, … Continue reading
China Says it Launched Stable Magnetic Field More Than a Million Times Stronger Than Earth’s
“…their hybrid magnet attained a steady magnetic field of 45.22 tesla – more than a million times stronger than that of the Earth…” by Svetlana Ekimenko via sputniknews Since 1999, the record for a steady magnetic field of 45 tesla has been held by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) in Florida in the US. Scientists in China claim … Continue reading
Consciousness May Persist After Death, Study Suggests
“It would certainly seem as though consciousness persists even when the heart has stopped beating.” unexplained-mysteries image credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 erpete Researchers now believe that consciousness may persist for up to 20 seconds after a person has clinically died. Time of death is usually recorded as the moment a person’s heart has stopped, however research into near-death experiences has … Continue reading
Radio Bursts Detected in Space ‘Defy’ Existing Theories
“They defy existing theories about both the origins of such objects and their characteristics,…” by Svetlana Ekimenko via sputniknews Galaxy clusters are some of the largest gravitationally bound objects in the Universe. Their mergers deposit huge quantities of energy, with the detected sources of diffuse radio emission in many such collisions falling into three categories: radio relics, radio haloes, and … Continue reading
The Rings of Saturn…Ten Years Later they Still Cant Explain What Cassini Found
The are several unexplained anomalies regarding the rings of Saturn. Some of the oddities have been known for decades but others are newer discoveries obtained from the Cassini Probes spectrometer instruments. One of the biggest mysteries is how oxygen can exist in large amounts inside the rings. Another is what are those strange objects travelling through the rings at a … Continue reading
