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Scientists Say Data from NASA’s 1976 Mars Landing Need to be Reconsidered for Signs of Life
“We cannot rule out the biological explanation.” Scientists have revisited data from NASA’s 1976 mission to Mars, and say the recent evidence of water, organic molecules, and methane in the Martian environment means we have to consider that life was discovered on the Red Planet four decades ago. The researchers, who found ambiguous chemical signals in Martian soil collected by … Continue reading
We Caught Modern Genital Warts Because our Ancestors Were Banging Neanderthals
Researchers have found evidence that modern genital warts – otherwise known as the human papillomavirus (HPV) – were sexually transmitted to Homo sapiensafter our ancestors slept with Neanderthals and Denisovans roughly around 100,000 years ago. This sexual exchange likely occurred soon after our human ancestors left Africa and spread to Eurasia, which explains why modern-day sub-Saharan Africa is mostly HPV-free, … Continue reading
Rare Total Solar Eclipse 2017: When, Where and How to See It (Safely)
On Aug. 21, 2017, American skywatchers will be treated to a rare and spectacular celestial show — the first total solar eclipse visible from the continental United States in nearly four decades. Next year’s “Great American Total Solar Eclipse” will darken skies all the way from Oregon to South Carolina, along a stretch of land about 70 miles (113 kilometers) … Continue reading
Major Time Travel Problem ‘The Grandfather Paradox’ Solved By Computer
The ‘grandfather paradox’ of time travel has been puzzling philosophers, quantum physicists and novelists for years. Now there’s an answer as Cathal O’Connell reports. It is more than 120 years since H.G. Wells published The Time Machine, the novel that was to popularise the concept of time travel and lead to myriad stories on the theme. But it is only … Continue reading
NASA Validates Bible’s Prediction of ‘Ultimate’ Catastrophe by Asteroid
The Bible predicts destruction of Earth by an asteroid, and so does NASA. The American space agency believes that the threat of being hit by an asteroid is inevitable. Scientists have discovered the remains of an asteroid in Australia that hit ancient Earth and believe it to be larger than anything humans have ever experienced. Asteroid and meteor attacks are … Continue reading
Dark Comets May Be The Biggest Extinction Level Event Threat We Face
There are many cosmic catastrophes that could do us in, completely irrespective of anything that happens here on Earth. A star could pass into our Solar System and swallow up our planet whole, or eject us from our orbit and cause us to permanently freeze over. A supernova or gamma ray burst could go off too close to us, disintegrating … Continue reading
Patent For NASA’s ‘Impossible’ EM Drive has Been Made Public
It’s been a big year for the ‘impossible’ EM Drive – a new kind of rocket engine that appears to generate thrust without any kind of exhaust or propellant. Back in May, NASA researchers reported a successful 10-week trial of their EM Drive prototype, and inventor Guido Fetta just got approval to test his own version in space. Now, the … Continue reading
The Proposed Space-Based Nation ASGARDIA Is Accepting Citizenship Applications
A proposed space nation called Asgardia is now accepting applications for future citizens. Leaders of the Asgardia project discussed the prospective space nation at a news conference in Paris Wednesday (Oct. 12). The leaders aim to launch Asgardia’s first satellite in 2017 and say they would like to eventually have a space station where some, but not all, of its … Continue reading
All Life Could Be ‘Extinguished’ By A Gamma Ray Burst
Despite the obvious doom and gloom associated with mass extinctions, they have a tendency to capture our imagination. After all, the sudden demise of the dinosaurs, presumably due to an asteroid strike, is quite an enthralling story. But not all mass extinctions are quite as dramatic and not all have an easily identified culprit. The Ordovician extinction—one of the “big … Continue reading
The Comet that Changed Civilization – May Do It Again
On 30 September this year the first human spacecraft ever to orbit a comet was deliberately crashed onto its surface in order to get the closest possible pictures of the enigmatic celestial body. This will end its mission that began when the vessel was launched over twelve years ago. During the past two years the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe … Continue reading
